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大陆
dà lù

continent

Definitions

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大陆
1. Simplified form of 大陸
大陸	dàlù
1. n. continent; landmass
歐.亞.大陸 - Eurasia
2. n. mainland
3. usage. In Hong Kong and Macau Cantonese, when describing the action of "going to mainland China", the verb 返, tr=faan, t=to go (to) even if the speaker was born in Hong Kong or Macau.
English > Chinese
continent
1. 大洲、大陆
Components
大	dà
1. of great size; big; large; huge
(ant, zh, 小)
這個太大了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
呢ni1 條褲好大條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
2. big; great
中美關係已有很大改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
3. great of its kind
昨天下大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
好大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
4. in an extreme manner; greatly
大哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
大不相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
你遇到這種情況，大可以走人哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
你可不知道，他昨兒r 過來lai 大折zhē騰teng 了一場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒把這兒r 拆嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
5. main; major
(ant, zh, 小)
他們將車一直開到大門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
他是一家石油公司的大股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
大書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
7. mature; grown up
(ant, zh, 小)
你多大了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
她比他大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
你隻狗係咁大daai6-2 㗎喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
8. (Cantonese) to grow up
喺廣州大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
9. (Cantonese) to be older than
(ant, zh, 細)
我大佢兩年。 - I am older than them by two years.
10. (dialectal) father
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
你大我呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me?
你咪mai5 大我。 - Don't you threaten me.
13. (Cantonese) only so big
咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
我好急呀，要去大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
17. (zh-used in, 大夫, doctor)
18. (zh-used in, 大王, tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. (zh-used, 大黃, rhubarb)
20. (zh-used in, 大城, tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
23. (Cantonese) small
咁大daai6-1 - so puny
24. Variant of 太
25. Variant of 泰
太	tā
1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
Synonyms: 大豆
2. Variant of 泰
泰	tài
1. big; large
2. great; extensive
3. extreme; greatest
4. exalted; honourable; superior
5. good; excellent
6. safe; peaceful; stable
7. excessively; overly
8. 11th hexagram of the I Ching
9. Short for 泰國, Thailand
陆
1. Simplified form of 陸
2. (cln, zh, numeral symbols, numerals)
陸	lù
1. land; continent; mainland
登陸 - to land; to go ashore
陸路 - land route
2. land route; surface transport
3. Short for 中國大陸, mainland China
陸生 - student from mainland China studying in Taiwan
4. Short for 陸軍, army
Lu
陸游 - Lu You (Southern Song dynasty poet)
5. (financial) Alternative form of 六 (six)
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dà lù

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