| 南京农业大学 | Nán jīng Nóng yè Dà xué | Nanjing Agricultural University |
| 南京邮电大学 | Nán jīng Yóu diàn Dà xué | Nanjing Post and Communications University |
| 南大 | Nán dà | Nanjing University, NJU; abbr. for 南京大学 |
| 南洋理工大学 | Nán yáng Lǐ gōng Dà xué | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 南澳大利亚州 | Nán ào dà lì yà zhōu | South Australia, Australian state |
| 南开大学 | Nán kāi dà xué | Nankai University (Tianjin) |
| 博大 | bó dà | enormous; broad; extensive |
| 博大精深 | bó dà jīng shēn | wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep |
| 卡内基梅隆大学 | Kǎ nèi jī Méi lóng dà xué | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh |
| 印度国大党 | Yìn dù Guó dà dǎng | Indian Congress party |
| 取得大学学位 | qǔ dé dà xué xué wèi | to obtain a university education |
| 台大 | Tái dà | abbr. for 台湾大学 |
| 台湾大学 | Tái wān Dà xué | National Taiwan University; abbr. to 台大 |
| 史丹福大学 | Shǐ dān fú dà xué | Stanford University |
| 吃大户 | chī dà hù | mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation |
| 吃大亏 | chī dà kuī | to cost one dearly; to end disastrously; to pay bitterly |
| 各大军区 | gè dà jūn qū | "the greater military areas" |
| 合肥工业大学 | Hé féi Gōng yè Dà xué | Hefei University of Technology |
| 吉大港 | jí dà gǎng | Chittagong (Bangladesh port city) |
| 吉林大学 | Jí lín Dà xué | Jilin University |
| 同济大学 | Tóng jì Dà xué | Tongji University |
| 同济医科大学 | Tóng jì Yī kē Dà xué | Tongji Medical College |
| 名山大川 | Míng shān dà chuān | famous mountains and great rivers |
| 哀莫大于心死 | āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ | nothing sadder than a withered heart; (saying attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 庄子); other possible translations: no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices; The worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart.; Nothing is more wretched than apathy. |
| 哈哈大笑 | hā hā dà xiào | to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter |
| 哈尔滨工业大学 | Hā ěr bīn Gōng yè Dà xué | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| 哥伦比亚大学 | Gē lún bǐ yà dà xué | Columbia University |
| 哥大 | Gē Dà | Columbia University (abbr.) |
| 哥斯大黎加 | Gē sī dà Lí jiā | Costa Rica |
| 唐初四大家 | Táng chū Sì Dà jiā | Four Great Poets of early Tang; refers to Yu Shi'nan 虞世南, Ouyang Xun 欧阳询, Chu Suiliang 楮遂良 and Xue Ji 薛稷 |
| 唐宋八大家 | Táng Sòng bā dà jiā | Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修, the Three Su father and sons 三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gonghe 曾巩 |
| 唐山大地震 | Táng shān dà dì zhèn | the great Tangshan earthquake of 27th July 1976 that killed more than 650,000 people |
| 售票大厅 | shòu piào dà tīng | ticket office |
| 乔治城大学 | Qiáo zhì chéng dà xué | Georgetown university in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team |
| 嘉应大学 | Jiā yīng Dà xué | Jiaying University (Guangdong) |
| 嚎啕大哭 | háo táo dà kū | to wail; to bawl (idiom) |
| 四大佛教名山 | Sì dà Fó jiào Míng shān | Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang |
| 四大名著 | sì dà míng zhù | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义, Water Margin 水浒传, Journey to the West 西游记 |
| 四大天王 | sì dà tiān wáng | the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha |
| 四大发明 | sì dà fā míng | the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder |
| 四大皆空 | sì dà jiē kōng | lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom); this world is an illusion |
| 四大盆地 | sì dà pén dì | four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地 |
| 四大石窟 | sì dà shí kū | Four great caves, namely: Longmen grottoes 龙门石窟 at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang caves 云冈石窟 at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao caves 莫高窟 at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji caves 麦积山石窟 at Tianshui, Gansu |
| 四大美女 | 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 |
| 四大须生 | sì dà xū shēng | Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 马连良, Tan Fuying 谭富英, Yang Baosen 杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚啸伯 |
| 四川大地震 | Sì chuān dà dì zhèn | Sichuan great earthquake; the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people |
| 四川大学 | Sì chuān Dà xué | Sichuan University |
| 四年制的大学 | sì nián zhì de dà xué | four-year university |
| 四氢大麻酚 | sì qīng dà má fēn | Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC |
| 因小失大 | yīn xiǎo shī dà | to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) |
