| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 大 | dài | doctor |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 难 | nàn | disaster; distress; to scold |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 死 | sǐ | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely |
| 必 | bì | certainly; must; will; necessarily |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
| 后 | hòu | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; empress; queen; surname Hou |
| 福 | fú | good fortune; happiness; luck; surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省 |
| 大难不死 | dà nàn bù sǐ | to just escape from calamity |
