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ˌbig ˈcheese noun [countable] informal IMPORTANTan important and powerful person in an organization – used humorously 要人,大人物〔幽默用法〕Examples from the Corpusbig cheese• Evidently he was considered a big cheese here, and was greeted by everyone.• One of the big cheeses from NASA gave a speech.Origin big cheese (1900-2000) cheese probably from Urdu chiz “thing”, from Persianˌbig ˈcheese nounChineseSyllable and Corpus in an an important organization powerful person |