大關

大关
dàguān
  1. strategic pass
  2. barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000)
  3. instrument of torture used to break limbs

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) limit; high; mark
  2. (literally) major strategic pass; important gateway
  3. limit; high; mark
  4. major strategic pass; important gateway

Wiktionary

一種刑具。官府刑訊時所用的夾具。

重編國語辭典

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 關 guān
  1. mountain pass
  2. to close; to shut; to turn off
  3. to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
  4. to concern; to involve

Containing this entry

大關縣 Dàguānxiàn Daguan county in Zhaotong 昭通 Zhāotōng, Yunnan

Related entries

要隘 yàoài strategic pass