| 大不列颠 | Dà Bù liè diān | Great Britain |
| 大前提 | dà qián tí | major premise |
| 大号 | dà hào | tuba |
| 复旦大学 | Fù dàn Dà xué | Fudan University, Shanghai |
| 恍然大悟 | huǎng rán dà wù | to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light |
| 发扬光大 | fā yáng guāng dà | to advocate; to promote; to advertise; to carry out propaganda on behalf of; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development; to develop and promote |
| 地大物博 | dì dà wù bó | a place of abundant resources (idiom) |
| 大公报 | Dà Gōng Bào | Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name; Ta Kung Pao, founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong |
| 大凡 | dà fán | generally; in general |
| 大动脉 | dà dòng mài | main artery (blood vessel); fig. main highway; arterial road |
| 大厂 | Dà chǎng | Dachang Hui autonomous county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei |
| 大本营 | dà běn yíng | headquarters; base camp |
| 大烟 | dà yān | opium |
| 拿大 | ná dà | to put on airs; self-important; high and mighty |
| 光大 | guāng dà | splendid; magnificent; abbr. for China Everbright Bank 中国光大银行 |
| 大冶 | Dà yě | Daye county level city in Huangshi 黄石, Hubei |
| 大法官 | dà fǎ guān | grand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice |
| 大象 | dà xiàng | elephant; CL:只 |
| 大势所趋 | dà shì suǒ qū | general trend; irresistible trend |
| 大校 | dà xiào | senior ranking officer in Chinese army; senior colonel |
| 大棒 | dà bàng | big-stick |
| 大葱 | dà cōng | leek; Chinese onion |
| 工业大学 | gōng yè dà xué | technical university; engineering college |
| 康庄大道 | kāng zhuāng dà dào | broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects |
| 粗心大意 | cū xīn dà yì | negligent; careless; inadvertent |
| 大一统 | dà yī tǒng | unification (of the nation); large scale unification |
| 大刀阔斧 | dà dāo kuò fǔ | bold and decisive |
| 大月 | dà yuè | solar month of 31 days; a lunar month of 30 days |
| 大肚子 | dà dù zi | pregnant |
| 大饼 | dà bǐng | large flat bread |
| 破口大骂 | pò kǒu dà mà | to abuse roundly |
| 大雁 | dà yàn | wild goose; CL:只 |
| 大使级 | dà shǐ jí | ambassadorial |
| 大功告成 | dà gōng gào chéng | successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful |
| 大客车 | dà kè chē | coach |
| 大草原 | dà cǎo yuán | prairie; savanna |
| 大限 | dà xiàn | the limit; maximum; one's allocated lifespan |
| 大显身手 | dà xiǎn shēn shǒu | (idiom) fully displaying one's capabilities |
| 波哥大 | Bō gē dà | Bogota, capital of Colombia |
| 粗枝大叶 | cū zhī dà yè | thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready; sloppy |
| 自高自大 | zì gāo zì dà | to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant |
| 大仲马 | dà zhòng mǎ | Alexandre Dumas, père |
| 大个儿 | dà gèr | tall person |
| 大印 | dà yìn | stamp; official seal |
| 大悟 | Dà wù | Dawu county in Xiaogan 孝感, Hubei |
| 大东 | Dà dōng | Dadong district of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 万事大吉 | wàn shì dà jí | everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world |
| 大堂 | dà táng | lobby |
| 大教堂 | dà jiào táng | cathedral |
| 大秦 | Dà Qín | Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 罗马帝国 |
