大義

大义
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. 經書中的要義。

重編國語辭典

  1. (～村)鄉村名，位於臺灣宜蘭礁溪
  2. 代表正义的道理。
  3. 夫妇之义，谓婚姻。
  4. 文章、论著或理论的精要之处。

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 義 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

大義凜然 dàyìlǐnrán devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
大義滅親 dàyìmièqīn to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
微言大義 wēiyándàyì subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
曉以大義 xiǎoyǐdàyì
  1. to reason with sb
  2. to lecture
民族大義 mínzúdàyì

Related entries

公義 gōngyì righteousness
禮義 lǐyì
  1. righteousness
  2. justice
正義 zhèngyì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. just
  4. righteous
正义终将胜利。

Justice will prevail in the end.

Source: Tatoeba

義 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