大义

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

CEDICT

  1. (historical) the Dayi era (a Chinese era name; the first (and possibly only) era of Chen Youliang as emperor of Chen Han, from 1360 to 1363)
  2. (literary) principles of justice
  3. (～村) Dayi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)
  4. Dayi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)
  5. principles of justice
  6. the Dayi era (a Chinese era name; the first (and possibly only) era of Chen Youliang as emperor of Chen Han, from 1360 to 1363)

Wiktionary

  1. 正道。
  2. 经书中的要义。

重編國語辭典

  1. (～村)乡村名，位于台湾宜兰礁溪
  2. 代表正义的道理。
  3. 夫妇之义，谓婚姻。
  4. 文章、论着或理论的精要之处。

維基詞典

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 义 yì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. meaning
  4. foster (father etc)
  5. adopted
  6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. relationship
  8. friendship

Containing this entry

大义凛然 dàyìlǐnrán devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
大义灭亲 dàyìmièqīn to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
微言大义 wēiyándàyì subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
晓以大义 xiǎoyǐdàyì
  1. to reason with sb
  2. to lecture
民族大义 mínzúdàyì

Related entries

公义 gōngyì righteousness
礼义 lǐyì
  1. righteousness
  2. justice
正义 zhèngyì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. just
  4. righteous
正义终将胜利。

Justice will prevail in the end.

Source: Tatoeba

义 yì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. meaning
  4. foster (father etc)
  5. adopted
  6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. relationship
  8. friendship
创造主义是一种伪科学。

Creationism is a pseudo-science.

Source: Tatoeba