大陸

大陆
Dàlù
mainland China (reference to the PRC)

CEDICT

Homographs

大陸 dàlù continent; mainland

classifiers: 個, 塊

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  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)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 陸 lù (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)