大堡礁

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names

barrier reef

reef / shoal rock