| 大限临头 | dà xiàn lín tóu | facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life; with one foot in the grave |
| 大陪审团 | dà péi shěn tuán | grand jury |
| 大陆坡 | dà lù pō | continental slope (boundary of continental shelf) |
| 大陆块 | dà lù kuài | continental plates (geology) |
| 大陆性 | dà lù xìng | continental |
| 大陆性气候 | dà lù xìng qì hòu | continental climate |
| 大陆漂移 | dà lù piāo yí | continental drift |
| 大陆话 | dà lù huà | Mainland Chinese (language) |
| 大雁塔 | Dà yàn tǎ | Dayan pagoda in Xi'an |
| 大雄 | dà xióng | great hero; main Buddhist image (in temple) |
| 大雄宝殿 | dà xióng bǎo diàn | Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄 |
| 大雅乡 | Dà yǎ xiāng | Taya township in Taichung county 台中县, Taiwan |
| 大杂烩 | dà zá huì | mix-up; mish-mash; pot-pourri |
| 大杂院 | dà zá yuàn | compound with many families living together |
| 大难不死 | dà nàn bù sǐ | to just escape from calamity |
| 大雨如注 | dà yǔ rú zhù | pouring with rain; rain bucketing down |
| 大雾 | dà wù | thick fog |
| 大青山 | dà qīng shān | mountain in Heilongjiang province |
| 大韩帝国 | Dà hán dì guó | Korean empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910 |
| 大韩民国 | Dà hán mín guó | Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
| 大项 | dà xiàng | main item (of program) |
| 大头目 | dà tóu mù | the boss |
| 大头钉 | dà tóu dīng | tack; thumbtack; push pin |
| 大题小作 | dà tí xiǎo zuò | to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter |
| 大愿地藏菩萨 | Dà yuàn Dì zàng Pú sà | Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 大类 | dà lèi | main type; main class; main category |
| 大显神通 | dà xiǎn shén tōng | to display one's remarkable skill or prowess; to give full play to one's brilliant abilities |
| 大饱口福 | dà bǎo kǒu fú | to eat one's fill; to have a good meal |
| 大饱眼福 | dà bǎo yǎn fú | to feast one's eyes |
| 大餐 | dà cān | great meal; banquet |
| 大余 | Dà yú | Dayu county in Ganzhou 赣州, Jiangxi |
| 大余县 | Dà yú xiàn | Dayu county in Ganzhou 赣州, Jiangxi |
| 大马 | Dà Mǎ | abbr. for 马来西亚, Malaysia; big horse |
| 大马士革李 | Dà mǎ shì gé lǐ | damson (fruit) |
| 大驾 | dà jià | imperial chariot |
| 大惊 | dà jīng | with great alarm |
| 大惊失色 | dà jīng shī sè | to turn pale with fright (idiom) |
| 大闹 | dà nào | to cause havoc; to run amok |
| 大闹天宫 | dà nào tiān gōng | Monkey wreaks havoc in heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西游记 |
| 大鲵 | dà ní | giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) |
| 大鲽鱼 | dà dié yú | turbot fish |
| 大鳄 | dà è | lit. big crocodile; fig. major figure; big shot; top boss (esp. criminal) |
| 大鸨 | dà bǎo | great bustard |
| 大鸿胪 | Dà Hóng lú | Grand Herald in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 |
| 大鹏 | dà péng | roc (mythical bird of prey) |
| 大鹏鸟 | dà péng niǎo | roc (mythical bird of prey) |
| 大鹿 | dà lù | moose |
| 大丽花 | dà lì huā | dahlia |
| 大麦克 | Dà Mài kè | see 巨无霸 |
| 大麦克指数 | Dà Mài kè Zhǐ shù | see 巨无霸汉堡包指数 |
