大唐西域记

Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], compiled by 辯機|辩机[Bian4 ji1] in 646

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)

the Tang dynasty (618-907)

Tang dynasty (618-907) / to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗[tang2]

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish

Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])

Report of the regions west of Great Tang / travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘 on his travels to Central Asia and India

field / region / area / domain (taxonomy)

to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots