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大家

Mandarin · pinyin dà jiā

everyone
influential family
great expert

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
家: jiā · house, home, residence; family

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4–1 · da4 jia1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 gaa1

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pron

everyone; everybody; all of us

noun

residence of members of the nobility
master (as used by a servant)
emperor (as used by his consort)
rich and powerful family; old and well-known family
master; great expert

noun

(literary) alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)
(literary or Eastern Min, Southern Min) mother-in-law (husband's mother)

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