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大道西
Mandarin: da4 dao4 xi1
noun; Short term for Queen's Road West, as Queen's Road is too long, it divided into three parts, Queen's Road East, Queen's Road West and Queen's Road Central
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大選
Mandarin: da4 xuan3
general election
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大邑
Mandarin: da4 yi4
Dayi (place in Sichuan)
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大邱
Mandarin: da4 qiu1
Taegu, Daegu (fourth largest city in South Korea)
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大部份
Mandarin: da4 bu4 fen5
adj.; mostly; a majority of
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大部分
a big portion; mostly; the majority; a big section
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大都
Mandarin: da4 dou1
for the most part; on the whole; generally
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大都市
Mandarin: da4 du1 shi4
[n] megacity; metropolis
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大都會
Mandarin: da4 du1 hui4
metropolitan; metropolis, megalopolis
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大鄉里
Mandarin: da4 xiang1 li3
Simplified: 大乡里
(noun) a yokel; a hayseed; a country bumpkin; a hillbilly
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大鄉里出城
Mandarin: da4 xiang1 li3 chu1 cheng2
a person who comes from countryside and seems stupid [also] 大鄉里出省城
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大酒店
Mandarin: da4 jiu3 dian4
lit. big hotel, as a synonym for funeral parlour | big or grand hotel
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大里
Mandarin: da4 li3
Tali (city in Taiwan)
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大量出血
Mandarin: da4 liang4 chu1 xue4 (PRC), da4 liang4 chu1 xie3 (Taiwan)
bleeding profusely
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大量毀滅
to decimate
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大量生產
Mandarin: da4 liang4 sheng1 chan3
[n] mass production; [v] mass-produce
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大銀
Mandarin: da4 yin2
Simplified: 大银
(certain quantity) dollar
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大銀
a one dollar coin
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大銀幕
Mandarin: da4 yin2 mu4
silver screen
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大銷售
Mandarin: da4 xiao1 shou4
a sale; price reductions | [粵] 大平賣 ; 大減價
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大錯
Mandarin: da4 cuo4
blunder
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大錯特錯
to make a glaring mistake
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大鍋
Mandarin: da4 guo1
cauldron
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大鍋飯
Mandarin: da4 guo1 fan4
[1] food prepared in a canteen or mess hall for a large group of people [2] the concept of eating from the same big rice pot, figuratively referring to the idea that everyone gets the same rewards in an organisation regardless of individual performances. This term is often used to disparage the system used in organisations in mainland China before the economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. | [粵]: 大鑊飯
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大鍵琴
Mandarin: da4 jian4 qin2
[Music] harpsichord [Syn.] 古鍵琴, 羽管鍵琴
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大鐮刀
Mandarin: da4 lian2 dao1
scythe
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大鑊
Mandarin: da4 huo4
Simplified: 大镬
something seriously bad that has happened; "bugger" (exclamation)
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大鑊嘢
Mandarin: da4 huo4 ye3
Simplified: 大镬嘢
Cantonese
a big mess; a big disaster [colloquial]
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大鑊飯
Mandarin: da4 huo4 fan4
Simplified: 大镬饭
(noun) a big wok of rice cooked for a large group of people; to be all in the same 'big mix'; to describe a situation where everyone receives the same treatment regardless of their contributions | involements | circumstances; to describe a situation where one takes advantage of a collective system for personal gain without under a communal | collective system without the need to be held accountable for their actions
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大長今
Mandarin: da4 chang2 jin1
Dae Jang Geum, a South Korean TV series and animation [Hangul]: 대장금
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