Chinese Idioms Containing “大”

Overestimate oneself

المعنى الحرفي: Small kingdom thinks itself great

Excellence develops with time

المعنى الحرفي: Great talents mature late

Courage balanced with careful attention

المعنى الحرفي: Bold gallbladder, careful heart

Completely impartial without self-interest

المعنى الحرفي: Great public no private

Sudden complete understanding after confusion

المعنى الحرفي: Suddenly great awakening

Essentially the same with minor differences

المعنى الحرفي: Largely same, slightly different

Careless; negligent

المعنى الحرفي: Rough heart and careless mind

To show off one's abilities

المعنى الحرفي: Greatly display one's abilities

Long-term plan; matter of lasting importance

المعنى الحرفي: Hundred-year great plan

Make a fuss about nothing

المعنى الحرفي: Big surprise small strange

Vastly different; poles apart

المعنى الحرفي: Greatly different like paths and courtyards

Waste talent on menial tasks

المعنى الحرفي: Big talent small use

Be conceited; have an inflated ego

المعنى الحرفي: Unreasonably consider oneself great

Wisdom in humility

المعنى الحرفي: Great wisdom appears foolish

Justice over family

المعنى الحرفي: Uphold justice over kin

Confident and charming

المعنى الحرفي: Naturally poised and graceful

Be thoroughly prepared

المعنى الحرفي: As if facing a great enemy

Disappear without trace

المعنى الحرفي: Stone sinks into the sea

Aim high

المعنى الحرفي: Harbor grand ambitions

Bold action

المعنى الحرفي: Big knife, broad axe

Public satisfaction

المعنى الحرفي: Greatly please people's hearts

Unexpected joy

المعنى الحرفي: Greatly pleased beyond expectation