Word: 大陆 (dàlù) Traditional: 大陸 大陆 dictionary entry dàlù continent; mainland China (reference to the PRC) Full dictionary entry for 大陆 Example sentences using 大陆 4 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 他从大陆回来了。 Tā cóng dàlù huílaile. He returned from China. 大陆的报纸一般都用简体字。 Dàlù de bàozhǐ yìbān dōu yòng jiǎntǐzì. Newspapers on the mainland generally use simplified characters. 非洲是一块非常大的大陆。 Fēizhōu shì yíkuài fēicháng dà de dàlù. Africa is a very large continent. 非洲曾经被称为黑暗大陆。 Fēizhōu céngjīng bèi chēngwéi hēi'àn dàlù. Africa was once called the Dark Continent.