深明大義

to have a high notion of one's duty / to be highly principled

old variant of 深[shen1]

deep / depth / deeply / (of a color) dark / deep / rich

deep (lit. and fig.)

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

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)

righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing

surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy

justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship