大興土木

to carry out large scale construction

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)

Daxing district of Beijing, formerly Daxing county

to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale

to go in for something in a big way; to undertake on a large scale

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

building / construction / civil engineering

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden