陽關大道

(lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future

positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]

Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌

mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

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

main street / avenue

road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)