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大鄉里daai6 hoeng1 lei5(noun) a yokel; a hayseed; a country bumpkin; a hillbilly大酒店daai6 zau2 dim3lit. big hotel, as a synonym for funeral parlour; big or grand hotel大銀daai6 ngan2(certain quantity) dollar大鑊daai6 wok6something seriously bad that has happened; "bugger" (exclamation)大鑊飯daai6 wok6 faan6(noun) a big wok of rice cooked for a large group of people; to be all in the same 'big mix'; to describe a situation where everyone receives the same treatment regardless of their contributions ; involements ; circumstances; to describe a situation where one takes advantage of a collective system for personal gain without under a communal ; collective system without the need to be held accountable for their actions大門口daai6 mun4 hau2main entrance大開眼界daai6 hoi1 ngaan5 gaai3making someone to open his; her eyes and learn; understand the previously unknown大閘蟹daai6 zaap6 haai5Hairy crab; the Chinese mitten crab; to describe a situation where one has money tied up in shares that have made a big loss in the trading market大阪市daai6 baan2 si5Osaka City, Japan大阿哥daai6 aa3 go1eldest son of the emperor in Qing Dynasty大陣仗daai6 zan6 zoeng6(noun ; adjective) (of situation) a big fuss; (of event) great ostentation and extravagance大陸人daai6 luk6 jan4Mainland Chinese大陸仔daai6 luk6 zai2noun; men from China; generic, not insulting大陸daai6 luk6(noun) China大陸妹daai6 luk6 mui1noun; women from China; generic, not insulting大隻佬daai6 zek3 lou2(noun) a muscular man ( strong and tough)大隻daai6 zek3one who's strong and muscular大隻累累daai6 zek3 leoi4 leoi4strong, buff, but not useful大隻講daai6 zek3 gong2describes a person who tries to act smart and always exaggerates the actual situation of the matter(s) or event(s) and; or often tells something which is over-the-top; all mouth and no trousers大隻騾騾daai6 zek3 leoi4 leoi4(slang) to describe someone who is strong, tough and strongly built大雞唔食細米daai6 gai1 m4 sik6 sai3 mai5describes a person (who is in the position of desiring; expecting higher returns) who won't bother or be satisfied with low returns; literally: 'big hen won't eat small rice'; 'the eagle does not catch flies'大難臨頭daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4big disasters are approaching大雪紛飛daai6 syut3 fan1 fei1big snowstorm大頭佛daai6 tau4 fat6a serious issue or problem; a messy situation; a cock-up; the big Buddha head mask used in lion dancing during festivals; to describe someone with no brains大頭菜daai6 tau4 coi3adj; to describe a person who says things without thought or no actions taken upon words said or as promised大頭蝦daai6 tau4 haa1(slang) a forgetful and absent-minded person大頭針daai6 tau4 zam1a push pin; a drawing pin大頭鬼daai6 tau4 gwai2(slang)moneybags, to describe someone who is wealthy and often extravagant大頸泡daai6 geng2 paau1noun; goiter大風大浪daai6 fung1 daai6 long6big wind and big waves; difficult times大風daai6 fung1strong wind大風雨daai6 fung1 jyu5Big wind and rain, storms