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大义

dà yì

2-character word Traditional 大義

What 大义 means

1. righteousness
2. virtuous cause
3. a woman's marriage
4. main points of a piece of writing

The characters in 大义

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

Words starting with 大义

• 大义凛然dà yì lǐn rándevotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
• 大义灭亲dà yì miè qīnto place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice…

Words containing 大义

• 深明大义shēn míng dà yìto have a high notion of one's duty; to be highly principled
• 微言大义wēi yán dà yìsubtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
• 晓以大义xiǎo yǐ dà yì(idiom) to persuade by appealing to principle; to reason with sb on moral grounds

Sounds the same

Read dà yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 大意general idea; main idea
• 大邑see 大邑县