大義 [－义]

Jyutping daai6 ji6
Pinyin dà yì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. righteousness
  2. virtuous cause
  3. a woman's marriage
  4. main points of a piece of writing
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    principles of justice
  2. name, 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)
  3. name
    Dayi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan, Taiwan)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    大义灭石碏亲
    大義滅石碏親
    dà yì miè shí què qīn
    • In the name of justice, Shi Que executed his son.
  2. Mandarin
    大义灭亲
    大義滅親
    dà yì miè qīn
    • to place righteousness before family