the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
双龙大裂谷 雙龍大裂谷 shuāng lóng dà liè gǔ Shuanglong Rift Valley in Mt Xiong'er National Geological Park 熊耳山[xióng ěr shān], Zaozhuang 枣庄[zǎo zhuāng], Shandong
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 关汉卿[guān hàn qīng], Zheng Guangzu 郑光祖[zhèng guāng zǔ], Ma Zhiyuan 马致远[mǎ zhì yuǎn] and Bai Pu 白朴[bái pǔ]
青天大老爷 青天大老爺 qīng tiān dà lǎo ye my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica)
Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)
高丽大藏经 高麗大藏經 gāo lí dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[hǎi yìn sì] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
黄河大合唱 黃河大合唱 huáng hé dà hé chàng Yellow River Cantata (1939) by Xian Xinghai 冼星海[xiǎn xīng hǎi]
三千大千世界 sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè cosmos (Buddhism)
不区分大小写 不區分大小寫 bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě 1. case insensitive2. not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
世界卫生大会 世界衛生大會 shì jiè wèi shēng dà huì World Health Assembly
世贸中心大楼 世貿中心大樓 shì mào zhōng xīn dà lóu World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
中国传媒大学 中國傳媒大學 zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
中央财经大学 中央財經大學 zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang)
亚历山大大帝 亞歷山大大帝 yà lì shān dà dà dì Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
亚历山大鹦鹉 亞歷山大鸚鵡 yà lì shān dà yīng wǔ (bird species of China) Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
仙女座大星云 仙女座大星雲 xiān nǚ zuò dà xīng yún great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
伦敦大学学院 倫敦大學學院 lún dūn dà xué xué yuàn University College, London
内阁总理大臣 內閣總理大臣 nèi gé zǒng lǐ dà chén formal title of the Japanese prime minister
全国人大会议 全國人大會議 quán guó rén dà huì yì National People's Congress (NPC)
北京语言大学 北京語言大學 běi jīng yǔ yán dà xué Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
北宋四大部书 北宋四大部書 běi sòng sì dà bù shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英华
北方民族大学 北方民族大學 běi fāng mín zú dà xué Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)
南京理工大学 南京理工大學 nán jīng lǐ gōng dà xué Nanjing University of Science and Technology
南京邮电大学 南京郵電大學 nán jīng yóu diàn dà xué Nanjing Post and Communications University
南洋理工大学 南洋理工大學 nán yáng lǐ gōng dà xué Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
南澳大利亚州 南澳大利亞州 nán ào dà lì yà zhōu South Australia, Australian state
1. lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)2. fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike3. to put the blame on both parties
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ 1. nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 庄子[zhuāng zǐ])2. no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices3. the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart4. nothing is more wretched than apathy+1 条 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
国立首尔大学 國立首爾大學 guó lì shǒu ěr dà xué Seoul National University SNU
埃尔金大理石 埃爾金大理石 āi ěr jīn dà lǐ shí the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
大元大一统志 大元大一統誌 dà yuán dà yī tǒng zhì 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
大型空爆炸弹 大型空爆炸彈 dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
大东亚共荣圈 大東亞共榮圈 dà dōng yà gòng róng quān Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近卫文麿 in 1938
大柴旦行政区 大柴旦行政區 dà chái dàn xíng zhèng qū Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
大气层核试验 大氣層核試驗 dà qì céng hé shì yàn atmospheric nuclear test
大男子主义者 大男子主義者 dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì zhě male chauvinist
大兴问罪之师 大興問罪之師 dà xīng wèn zuì zhī shī 1. to launch a punitive campaign2. to condemn scathingly
大兴安岭山脉 大興安嶺山脈 dà xīng ān lǐng shān mài Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province
大英联合王国 大英聯合王國 dà yīng lián hé wáng guó United Kingdom
大卫·艾登堡 大衛·艾登堡 dà wèi ài dēng bǎo David Attenborough (1926–), British naturalist and broadcaster
大西洋洋中脊 dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐ Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
大金背啄木鸟 大金背啄木鳥 dà jīn bèi zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
大愿地藏菩萨 大願地藏菩薩 dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà 1. Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)2. also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva