pectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest)
(anatomy) gluteus maximus
Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
(coll.) curvaceous thighs (loanword from Korean)
(of a shaman) to dance and chant frenziedly in a trance, communicating with spirits or deities to expel evil, cure illness or pray for blessings
stationed on the continent (i.e. PRC)
1.(slang) high-end, elegant, and classy2.abbr. for 高端大气上档次
erhua variant of 一大早[yī dà zǎo]
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
erhua variant of 不大离[bù dà lí]
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
China National People's Congress
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān] in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山[huà shān] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[héng shān] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恒山[héng shān] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[sōng shān] in Henan
abbr. for 上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
stupid great hulk of a man
arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
1."the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng], 陈云[chén yún], 李先念[lǐ xiān niàn], 彭真[péng zhēn], 杨尚昆[yáng shàng kūn], 薄一波[bó yī bō], 王震[wáng zhèn], and 宋任穷[sòng rèn qióng]2.abbr. to 八老[bā lǎo]
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
1.to try harder2.to redouble one's efforts
1.to accelerate2.to step on the gas
(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)
teenage boy; adolescent boy
Roast! (PRC comedy series)
1.(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang)2.acronym from 喜闻乐见[xǐ wén lè jiàn], 大快人心[dà kuài rén xīn], 普天同庆[pǔ tiān tóng qìng] and 奔走相告[bēn zǒu xiāng gào]
(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
1.the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra)2.the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
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
the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟[lóng mén shí kū] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 云冈石窟[yún gāng shí kū] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[mò gāo kū] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麦积山石窟[mài jī shān shí kū] at Tianshui, Gansu
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
1.Monopoly (game)2.known as 大富翁[dà fù wēng] in PRC
Kandahar province of Afghanistan
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亚历山大[yà lì shān dà])
1.trivial matter2.Big deal!
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞应龙, 755 scrolls