东大 (Dōngdà): (slang) China (lit. 'East Big',…

Meanings

1 (slang) China (lit. 'East Big', a self-referential nickname)
2 abbreviation for various universities including Tokyo University (东京大学) and Southeast University (东南大学)

Characters

东

Examples

网友们经常用东大指代中国。

Wǎngyǒumen jīngcháng yòng Dōngdà zhǐdài Zhōngguó.

Netizens often use 'Dongda' as a nickname for China.

他考上了东大的研究生。

Tā kǎoshàngle Dōngdà de yánjiūshēng.

He got into the graduate program at Todai (Tokyo University).

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On Chinese internet forums (especially Zhihu and Weibo) 东大 ('the big country in the East') is a tongue-in-cheek nickname for China, paralleled with 西大 (the US, 'big country in the West'). Outside this slang use, 东大 most commonly abbreviates 东京大学 (Tokyo University) in education contexts, or 东南大学 (Southeast University in Nanjing) and 东北大学 (Northeastern University in Shenyang).