Cantonese Dictionary

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大門
Mandarin: da4 men2
entrance, door, gate
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大門口
Mandarin: da4 men2 kou3
Simplified: 大门口
main entrance
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大開倒車
to turn the clock back; a big retrogress
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大開幕
grand opening
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大開眼界
Mandarin: da4 kai1 yan3 jie4
Simplified: 大开眼界
making someone to open his | her eyes and learn | understand the previously unknown
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大閘蟹
Mandarin: da4 zha2 xie4
Simplified: 大闸蟹
Hairy crab; the Chinese mitten crab; to describe a situation where one has money tied up in shares that have made a big loss in the trading market
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大關
Mandarin: da4 guan1
(reach a) critical point
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大阪
Mandarin: da4 ban3
Osaka (Japan)
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大阪市
Mandarin: Da4 ban3 shi4
Osaka City, Japan
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大阿哥
Mandarin: da4 a1 ge1
eldest son of the emperor in Qing Dynasty
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大陣仗
Mandarin: da4 zhen4 zhang4
Simplified: 大阵仗
(noun | adjective) (of situation) a big fuss; (of event) great ostentation and extravagance
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大陪審團
Mandarin: da4 pei2 shen3 tuan2
a grand jury
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大陸
Mandarin: da4 lu4
Simplified: 大陆
(noun) China
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大陸人
Mandarin: da4 lu4 ren2
Simplified: 大陆人
Mainland Chinese
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大陸仔
Mandarin: da4 lu4 zi3
Simplified: 大陆仔
noun; men from China; generic, not insulting
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大陸妹
Mandarin: da4 lu4 mei4
Simplified: 大陆妹
noun; women from China; generic, not insulting
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大陸航空
Mandarin: da4 lu4 hang2 kong1
Continental Airlines
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大陸話
Mandarin: da4 lu4 hua4
Mainland Chinese (language)
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大隊
Mandarin: da4 dui4
group; battalion; regiment; contingent; a large body of; (communist terminology) production brigade
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大隻
Mandarin: da4 zhi1
Simplified: 大只
one who's strong and muscular
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大隻佬
Mandarin: da4 zhi1 lao3
Simplified: 大只佬
(noun) a muscular man ( strong and tough)
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大隻眼
big eyes, big eye (as seen in a peekaboo photo where the rest of the face is covered and the eyes are peering out between V-spread fingers)
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大隻累累
Mandarin: da4 zhi1 lei2 lei2
Simplified: 大只累累
strong, buff, but not useful
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大隻講
Mandarin: da4 zhi1 jiang3
Simplified: 大只讲
describes a person who tries to act smart and always exaggerates the actual situation of the matter(s) or event(s) and | or often tells something which is over-the-top; all mouth and no trousers
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大隻騾騾
Mandarin: da4 zhi1 luo2 luo2
Simplified: 大只骡骡
(slang) to describe someone who is strong, tough and strongly built
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大雁
Mandarin: da4 yan4
wild goose
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大雄寶殿
Mandarin: da4 xiong2 bao3 dian4
grand hall in a Buddhist temple
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大雅
Mandarin: da4 ya3
elegance; refinement
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大雅鄉
Mandarin: da4 ya3 xiang1
Taya (village in Taiwan)
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大雞唔食細米
Mandarin: da4 ji1 wu2 shi2 xi4 mi3
Simplified: 大鸡唔食细米
Cantonese
describes a person (who is in the position of desiring | expecting higher returns) who won't bother or be satisfied with low returns; literally: 'big hen won't eat small rice'; 'the eagle does not catch flies'
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