| 大兴土木 | dà xīng tǔ mù | to carry out large scale construction |
| 大卫 | Dà wèi | David (name); Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very; not too; not often |
| 大包大揽 | dà bāo dà lǎn | to take complete charge (idiom) |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly |
| 老大妈 | lǎo dà mā | "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman); CL:位 |
| 一大早 | yī dà zǎo | at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning |
| 一大早儿 | yī dà zǎor | erhua variant of 一大早, at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning |
| 七大工业国集团 | qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán | G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) |
| 三峡大坝 | Sān Xiá Dà bà | Three Gorges Dam |
| 上海交通大学 | Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 上海外国语大学 | Shàng hǎi Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) |
| 上海大剧院 | Shàng hǎi Dà jù yuàn | Shanghai Grand Theater |
| 上海大学 | Shàng hǎi Dà xué | Shanghai University |
| 上海第二医科大学 | Shàng hǎi Dì èr Yī kē Dà xué | Shanghai Second Medical University |
| 上海医科大学 | Shàng hǎi Yī kē Dà xué | Shanghai Medical University |
| 不区分大小写 | bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě | case insensitive; not distinguishing capitals from lower case letters |
| 不大离 | bù dà lí | pretty close; just about right; not bad; same as 差不多 |
| 不大离儿 | bù dà lír | erhua variant of 不大离, pretty close; just about right; not bad |
不孝有三，
无后为大 | bù xiào yǒu sān ,
wú hòu wéi dà | There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子 ) |
| 不登大雅之堂 | bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng | lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork); not presentable; coarse; unrefined |
| 不识大体 | bù shí dà tǐ | unable to see the larger issue (idiom); unaware of the general interest |
| 不随大流 | bù suí dà liú | not following the crowd; to go against the tide |
| 世宗大王 | Shì zōng dà wáng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented |
世界维吾尔代表大
会 | Shì jiè Wéi wú ěr Dài biǎo dà huì | World Uighur Congress |
| 世界卫生大会 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Dà huì | World Health Assembly |
| 世贸中心大楼 | Shì mào Zhōng xīn Dà lóu | World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists) |
| 世贸大厦 | Shì mào Dà shà | World Trade Center |
| 中共九大 | zhōng gòng jiǔ dà | Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969 |
| 中北大学 | Zhōng běi Dà xué | North University of China (Shanxi) |
| 中原大学 | Zhōng yuán Dà xué | Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan |
| 中国人大 | Zhōng guó rén dà | China National People's Congress |
| 中国人民大学 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué | Renmin University of China |
| 中国光大银行 | Zhōng guó guāng dà yín háng | China Everbright Bank |
| 中国古代四大美女 | Zhōng guó gǔ dài sì dà měi nǚ | Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xi Shi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 杨玉环 or Yang Guifei 杨贵妃 |
| 中国地质大学 | Zhōng guó Dì zhì Dà xué | China University of Geosciences |
中国大百科全书出
版社 | Zhōng guó Dà Bǎi kē Quán shū Chū bǎn shè | Encyclopedia of China Publishing House |
| 中国大蝾螈 | Zhōng guó dà róng yuán | Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus) |
| 中国大陆 | Zhōng guó dà lù | Chinese mainland |
| 中国政法大学 | Zhōng guó zhèng fǎ dà xué | China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平, and graduate campus in Haidian district 海淀区 |
| 中大西洋脊 | zhōng dà xī yáng jǐ | mid-Atlantic ridge |
| 中央民族大学 | Zhōng yāng Mín zú Dà xué | Central University for Nationalities |
| 中央财经大学 | zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué | Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing |
| 中山大学 | Zhōng shān Dà xué | Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou); Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung); Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists |
中苏解决悬案大纲
协定 | Zhōng Sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng | the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China |
| 丹瑞大将 | Dān Ruì dà jiàng | Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar from 1992 |
| 久仰大名 | jiǔ yǎng dà míng | I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom) |
| 久闻大名 | jiǔ wén dà míng | your name has been known to me for a long time (polite) |
| 乾嘉三大家 | Qián Jiā sān dà jiā | Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 赵翼 |
| 二次世界大战 | Èr cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War Two |
