| 圣索非亚大教堂 | Shèng Suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng | Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul) |
| 联合古大陆 | lián hé gǔ dà lù | Pangea or Pangaea |
| 联邦大楼 | lián bāng dà lóu | federal building |
| 声名大震 | shēng míng dà zhèn | to create a sensation |
| 肇庆大学 | Zhào qìng Dà xué | Zhaoqing University (Guangdong) |
| 股东大会 | gǔ dōng dà huì | general shareholders' meeting |
| 股东特别大会 | gǔ dōng tè bié dà huì | special shareholders' meeting |
| 肥头大耳 | féi tóu dà ěr | robust and prosperous (a compliment in former times); fat person (modern) |
| 胸大肌 | xiōng dà jī | pectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest) |
| 胀大 | zhàng dà | swollen |
| 肿大 | zhǒng dà | swelling; enlargement; hypertrophy |
| 膀大腰圆 | bǎng dà yāo yuán | tall and strong; burly; beefy |
| 胆大包天 | dǎn dà bāo tiān | reckless; extremely daring |
| 胆大妄为 | dǎn dà wàng wéi | daring; presumptuous; daredevil |
| 脸大 | liǎn dà | bold; unafraid |
| 卧龙大熊猫保护区 | wò lóng dà xióng māo bǎo hù qū | Wolong giant panda nature reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan |
| 自大狂 | zì dài kuáng | megalomania; egomania; delusions of grandeur |
与全世界为敌，
冒天下之大不韪 | yǔ quán shì jiè wéi dí ,
mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wěi | to defy world opinion; to risk universal condemnation |
| 旧大陆 | jiù dà lù | the Old World; Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陆 or the Americas |
| 船政大臣 | chuán zhèng dà chén | Ministry of Navy during Qing times |
| 船老大 | chuán lǎo dà | coxswain; steersman; boatswain (bo'sun) |
| 芝加哥大学 | Zhī jiā gē dà xué | University of Chicago |
| 花大姐 | huā dà jiě | common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢虫 |
| 苦大仇深 | kǔ dà chóu shēn | great bitterness, deep hatred (idiom); deeply ingrained long-standing resentment |
| 兹事体大 | zī shì tǐ dà | to have a serious matter at hand (idiom) |
| 草大青 | cǎo dà qīng | Isatis indigotica (indigo woad plant) |
| 华侨大学 | Huá qiáo Dà xué | Huaqiao University |
| 华南理工大学 | Huá nán Lǐ gōng Dà xué | South China University of Technology |
| 华严经大方广佛 | huá yán jīng dà fāng guǎng fó | Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school; also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra |
| 华威大学 | Huá wēi dà xué | University of Warwick, Coventry, UK |
| 华东师范大学 | Huá dōng Shī fàn Dà xué | East China Normal University |
| 华东理工大学 | Huá dōng Lǐ gōng Dà xué | East China University of Science and Technology |
| 菲律宾大学 | Fēi lǜ bīn Dà xué | University of the Philippines |
| 莱斯大学 | Lái sī dà xué | Rice university (Houston, Texas) |
| 莱顿大学 | Lái dùn dà xué | University of Leiden |
| 蒙大拿 | Méng dà ná | Montana, US state |
| 蒙大拿州 | Méng dà ná zhōu | Montana, US state |
| 苏州大学 | Sū zhōu Dà xué | Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986) |
| 兰州大学 | Lán zhōu Dà xué | Lanzhou University |
| 血盆大口 | xuè pén dà kǒu | bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; fig. greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor |
| 西北工业大学 | Xī běi Gōng yè Dà xué | Northwestern Polytechnical University |
| 西南交通大学 | Xī nán Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Southwest Jiaotong University |
| 西南大学 | Xī nán Dà xué | Southwest University (Chongqing) |
| 西单图书大厦 | Xī dān tú shū dà shà | Xidan book center |
| 西澳大利亚 | Xī Ào dà lì yà | Western Australia (State of Australia) |
| 西澳大利亚州 | Xī ào dà lì yà zhōu | Western Australia, Australian State |
| 亲善大使 | qīn shàn dà shǐ | goodwill ambassador |
| 夸大之词 | kuā dà zhī cí | hyperbole; exaggeration |
| 夸大其词 | kuā dà qí cí | to exaggerate |
| 财务大臣 | cái wù dà chén | finance minister |
