大街

大

dà

街

jie̅

street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2]

Characters and words in 大街

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

街

jie̅ = ji + e1

street / CL:條|条[tiao2]

街 = 圭 + 行 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a street (街) in front of the elevator (e1) by plastering the floor with jade tablets (圭). She is the first one to try out the new street using her seven-league boots (行).