| 巨大压力 | jù dà yā lì | enormous pressure; tremendous pressure |
| 巨大影响 | jù dà yǐng xiǎng | huge influence |
| 巴伊兰大学 | Bā yī lán Dà xué | Bar-Ilan University, in Israel |
| 巴黎大学 | Bā lí Dà xué | University of Paris |
| 布朗大学 | Bù lǎng dà xué | Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 布鲁克林大桥 | Bù lǔ kè lín Dà qiáo | Brooklyn Bridge |
| 希伯莱大学 | Xī bó lái Dà xué | the Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 帖木儿大汗 | Tiē mù ér Dà hàn | Timur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror |
| 师大 | shī dà | abbr. for 师范大学, Normal University; teacher-training college |
| 师范大学 | shī fàn dà xué | Normal University; teacher-training college |
| 平型关大捷 | Píng xíng guān dà jié | victory of Pingxingguan pass, famous victory of Republican Chinese forces over the Japanese in Sep 1937 |
| 年度大会 | nián dù dà huì | annual meeting; annual general meeting (AGM) |
| 年度股东大会 | nián dù gǔ dōng dà huì | annual shareholders' meeting |
| 康奈尔大学 | Kāng nài ěr dà xué | Cornell University |
| 厦门大学 | Xià mén dà xué | Xiamen University |
| 广州中医药大学 | Guǎng zhōu Zhōng yī yào Dà Xué | Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine |
| 广东海洋大学 | Guǎng dōng Hǎi yáng Dà xué | Guangdong Ocean University |
| 延边大学 | Yán biān Dà xué | Yanbian University (Jilin province) |
| 张大千 | Zhāng Dà qiān | Zhang Daqian |
| 弥天大谎 | mí tiān dà huǎng | a pack of lies (idiom) |
| 形象大使 | xíng xiàng dà shǐ | person who represents an organization and enhances its image; ambassador |
| 彪形大汉 | biāo xíng dà hàn | burly chap; husky fellow |
| 复大 | Fù dà | Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 复旦大学 |
| 心眼大 | xīn yǎn dà | magnanimous; considerate; thoughtful; able to think of everything that needs to be thought of |
| 忠南大学校 | Zhōng nán dà xué xiào | Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea |
| 怒江大峡谷 | Nù jiāng Dà xiá gǔ | the Grand Canyon of the Nujiang river in Tibet and Yunnan |
| 恩比天大 | ēn bǐ tiān dà | to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom) |
| 意大利人 | Yì dà lì rén | Italian person |
| 意大利直面 | Yì dà lì zhí miàn | spaghetti |
| 意大利语 | Yì dà lì yǔ | Italian (language) |
| 意大利青瓜 | Yì dà lì qīng guā | zucchini |
| 意大利面 | Yì dà lì miàn | lit. Italian noodles; spaghetti; pasta |
| 爱莫大于心死 | ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ | nothing more sad than a withered heart; no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices; (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 庄子) |
| 庆大霉素 | qìng dà méi sù | gentamycin (antibiotic) |
| 成都体育大学 | Chéng dū Tǐ yù Dà xué | Chengdu Sports University |
| 拉大便 | là dà biàn | to poop; to defecate |
| 拉大条 | lā dà tiáo | to defecate (slang) |
| 拉夫堡大学 | Lā fū bǎo dà xué | Loughborough University |
| 拉特格斯大学 | Lā tè gé sī dà xué | Rutgers University (Newark, New Jersey) |
| 拿大顶 | ná dà dǐng | to do a handstand |
| 挑大梁 | tiǎo dà liáng | to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility |
| 捧腹大笑 | pěng fù dà xiào | uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing; lit. to hold one's belly with both hands |
| 掌玺大臣 | zhǎng xǐ dà chén | chancellor (rank in various European states); grand chancellor |
| 采花大盗 | cǎi huā dà dào | lit. flower thief; fig. rapist |
| 措大 | cuò dà | worthless scholar; useless wretch |
| 摩天大厦 | mó tiān dà shà | skyscraper; CL:座 |
| 摩天大楼 | mó tiān dà lóu | skyscraper; CL:座 |
| 摄护腺肿大 | shè hù xiàn zhǒng dà | benign prostate hypertrophy; enlargement of prostate |
| 放大纸 | fàng dà zhǐ | enlarging paper (photography); bromide paper |
| 放长线钓大鱼 | fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú | use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns |