大 – vocab dash

大dà

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Meanings

1. big; large; great

2. older (than another person)

3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dàjiě))

4. greatly; freely; fully

5. (dialect) father

6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

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琵琶湖是shì日本Rìběn最zuì大dà的de湖。

Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.

我wǒ不bù知道zhīdào他tā比bǐ我wǒ大dà还是háishi小xiǎo。

I don't know whether he's younger or older than me.

John比bǐ我wǒ大dà两liǎng岁suì。

John is senior to me by two years.

我wǒ不bù知道zhīdào这zhè是shì什么shénme东西dōngxi，但是dànshì它tā很hěn大dà。

I don't know what it is, but it's something very big.

我wǒ的de大dà儿子érzi是shìLech Zaręba。

My elder son is Lech Zaręba.

这zhè是shì世界shìjiè上shàng最zuì大dà的de车chē。

This is the biggest car in the world.