深明大義
shēn​míng​dà​yì

highly principled

  • created sense approved 深明大义/深明大義 · shēn​míng​dà​yì · highly principled — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    深明大义 / 深明大義

    shēn​míng​dà​yì

    highly principled

    To deeply understand the principles of right and wrong; to possess a firm grasp of one's duty and the greater good.

    深 (literal) → 深 · shēn · deeply 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · to understand 大义 (literal) → 大义/大義 · dà​yì · righteousness

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense