大理

dàlǐ
  1. judicial officer
  2. justice of the peace (old)

CEDICT

old

Homographs

大理 Dàlǐ
  1. see 大理白族自治州 Dàlǐ Báizú Zìzhìzhōu
  2. see 大理市 Dàlǐ Shì

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)
2 理 lǐ
  1. texture
  2. grain (of wood)
  3. inner essence
  4. intrinsic order
  5. reason
  6. logic
  7. truth
  8. science
  9. natural science (esp. physics)
  10. to manage
  11. to pay attention to
  12. to run (affairs)
  13. to handle
  14. to put in order
  15. to tidy up