大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Characters with 大 as component
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
Austria / Austrian / abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4] / Olympic / Olympics / abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4]
奥
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大
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宩
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Albert Einstein (Ø) is taking part in the Olympics (奥) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He and the other athletes are using a huge graduation cap (宩) as trampoline to jump over as many bags of rice (宩) as possible. One athlete jumps especially far, and Albert thinks that there is something strange (奥) and mysterious (奥) about her. He doesn't realize that in fact she is a robot (大).
obscure / mysterious
奥
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宩
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Albert Einstein (Ø) is taking part in the Olympics (奥) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He and the other athletes are using a huge graduation cap (宩) as trampoline to jump over as many bags of rice (宩) as possible. One athlete jumps especially far, and Albert thinks that there is something strange (奥) and mysterious (奥) about her. He doesn't realize that in fact she is a robot (大).
(literary) what? / where? / why?
奚
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爫
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幺
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大
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Mnemonic symbol: to call 911 and answer the "w"-questions.
Marie Curie (xi) tried to cheat the robot (大) in a poker game by hiding an ace (幺) in her sleeve in front of the space station (Ø1), but the robot found out and threatens to shave her head with an electric razor (爫). Terrified, Marie Curie calls 911 and answers the "w"-questions: what? / where? / why? (奚)
Marie Curie (xi) tried to cheat the robot (大) in a poker game by hiding an ace (幺) in her sleeve in front of the space station (Ø1), but the robot found out and threatens to shave her head with an electric razor (爫). Terrified, Marie Curie calls 911 and answers the "w"-questions: what? / where? / why? (奚)
surname Xi
奚
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爫
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幺
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大
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Mnemonic symbol: to call 911 and answer the "w"-questions.
Marie Curie (xi) tried to cheat the robot (大) in a poker game by hiding an ace (幺) in her sleeve in front of the space station (Ø1), but the robot found out and threatens to shave her head with an electric razor (爫). Terrified, Marie Curie calls 911 and answers the "w"-questions: what? / where? / why? (奚)
Marie Curie (xi) tried to cheat the robot (大) in a poker game by hiding an ace (幺) in her sleeve in front of the space station (Ø1), but the robot found out and threatens to shave her head with an electric razor (爫). Terrified, Marie Curie calls 911 and answers the "w"-questions: what? / where? / why? (奚)
cage / fence
樊
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大
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棥
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During his escape Frankenstein's Monster (f) got caught by a mean robot (大) which locks him in a cage (樊) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). The cage is hidden in a small forest (棥), so the robot cannot see him perform a magic ritual: Frankenstein's Monster draws the lines of special trigrams (棥) on the floor and thereby opens a portal to the outside world.
surname Fan
樊
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大
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棥
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During his escape Frankenstein's Monster (f) got caught by a mean robot (大) which locks him in a cage (樊) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). The cage is hidden in a small forest (棥), so the robot cannot see him perform a magic ritual: Frankenstein's Monster draws the lines of special trigrams (棥) on the floor and thereby opens a portal to the outside world.
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
Words with 大
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime