| 财大气粗 | cái dà qì cū | large wealth, vulgar spirit (idiom); rich and ostentatious; filthy rich; more money than sense |
| 财政大臣 | cái zhèng dà chén | finance minister; UK chancellor of exchequer |
| 费尔马大定理 | Fèi ěr mǎ dà dìng lǐ | Fermat's last theorem |
| 贻笑大方 | yí xiào dà fāng | to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock |
| 宾夕法尼亚大学 | Bīn xī fǎ ní yà Dà xué | University of Pennsylvania |
| 赚大钱 | zhuàn dà qián | to earn a fortune |
| 购物大厦 | gòu wù dà shà | shopping mall |
| 足大指 | zú dà zhǐ | big toe |
| 跨海大桥 | kuà hǎi dà qiáo | bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water) |
| 军事核大国 | jūn shì hé dà guó | military nuclear power |
| 轩然大波 | xuān rán dà bō | tempest |
| 较大 | jiào dà | comparatively large |
| 辅仁大学 | Fǔ rén dà xué | Furen Catholic university of Beijing (from 1925), a forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京师范大学; Fujen Catholic University in Hsinchuang, Taipei |
| 办公大楼 | bàn gōng dà lóu | office building |
| 过站大厅 | guò zhàn dà tīng | transit lounge |
过而能改，
善莫大焉 | guò ér néng gǎi ,
shàn mò dà yān | If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom) |
| 远大理想 | yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng | distant ideal |
| 辽宁大学 | Liáo níng Dà xué | Liaoning University |
| 郑州大学 | Zhèng zhōu Dà xué | Zhengzhou University |
| 酩酊大醉 | mǐng dǐng dà zuì | dead drunk; as drunk as a lord |
| 医大 | yī dà | abbr. for 医科大学, university of medicine |
| 医科大学 | yī kē dà xué | university of medicine |
| 重大贡献 | zhòng dà gòng xiàn | important contribution; major role |
| 重庆大学 | Chóng qìng Dà xué | Chongqing University |
| 金大中 | Jīn Dà zhōng | Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000 |
| 金茂大厦 | Jīn mào Dà shà | Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai |
| 金陵大学 | jīn líng dà xué | University of Nanking |
| 长柄大镰刀 | cháng bǐng dà lián dāo | scythe |
| 开大油门 | kāi dà yóu mén | to open the throttle; to accelerate; to let her rip |
| 开业大吉 | kāi yè dà jí | celebration on opening a business |
| 开罗大学 | Kāi luó Dà xué | Cairo University |
| 关岛大学 | guān dǎo dà xué | University of Guam |
| 关门大吉 | guān mén dà jí | to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) |
| 防卫大臣 | fáng wèi dà chén | minister of defense (esp. in Japan) |
| 阿亨工业大学 | Ā hēng Gōng yè Dà xué | RWTH Aachen University |
| 阿亨科技大学 | Ā hēng Kē jì Dà xué | RWTH Aachen University |
| 阿卡迪亚大学 | Ā kǎ dí yà Dà xué | Acadia University (Canada) |
| 阿拉斯加大学 | Ā lā sī jiā Dà xué | University of Alaska |
| 阿肯色大学 | Ā kěn sè Dà xué | University of Arkansas |
| 陕西大地震 | Shǎn xī dà dì zhèn | the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people |
| 阳关大道 | Yáng Guān dà dào | lit. the road through Yang Guan; fig. wide open road; bright future |
| 随大流 | suí dà liú | to follow the crowd; going with the tide |
| 雄才大略 | xióng cái dà lüè | great skill and strategy |
| 雅鲁藏布大峡谷 | Yǎ lǔ zàng bù Dà xiá gǔ | Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh) |
| 雍容大度 | yōng róng dà dù | generous |
| 双龙大裂谷 | Shuāng lóng dà liè gǔ | Shuanglong ravine in Mt Xiong'er national geological park 熊耳山, Zaozhuang 枣庄, Shandong |
| 杂剧四大家 | zá jù sì dà jiā | Four great Yuan dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 马致远 and Bai Pu 白朴 |
| 离港大厅 | lí gǎng dà tīng | departure lounge |
| 雷大雨小 | léi dà yǔ xiǎo | lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse than his bite |
雷声大，
雨点小 | léi shēng dà ,
yǔ diǎn xiǎo | loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words; his bite is worse than his bark |
