sell ... for charity ( pt , pp sold ) ⇒ 义卖所得钱款已全部寄往灾区。 Yìmài suǒdé qiánkuǎn yǐ quánbù jì wǎng zāiqū. → All money raised from this charity sale has already been sent to the disaster area.
义愤
righteous indignation
义气
loyalty
义演
charity gala
仁义
benevolence and righteousness
仗义
righteous
名义
name ⇒ 以人民的名义 yǐ rénmín de míngyì → in the name of the people ⇒ 他名义上是校长,其实很多事并不由他决定。 Tā míngyì shang shì xiàozhǎng, qíshí hěn duō shì bìng bù yóu tā juédìng. → He is the College Principal in name only — in fact many decisions are not taken by him.
含义
meaning implication
定义
definition
就义
die a martyr
广义
broad sense
情义
affection
意义
( 含义 ) meaning
本义
original meaning
正义
justice
歧义
ambiguity
演义
historical novel
狭义
narrow sense
讲义
teaching materials pl
语义
⇒ 这两个词语义相同，但使用场合不同。 Zhè liǎng gè cí yǔyì xiāngtóng, dàn shǐyòng chǎnghé bù tóng. → These two words are the same semantically, but they are used in different contexts.
起义
revolt ⇒ 农民起义 nóngmín qǐyì → peasant revolt
道义
morality and justice
释义
define ⇒ 老师给出生词的释义。 Lǎoshī gěichū shēngcí de shìyì. → The teacher gave a definition of the new word.
反义词
antonym
同义词
synonym
贬义词
derogatory expression
义不容辞
be duty-bound
义无反顾
be duty-bound
义正词严
speak sternly out of a sense of justice
仁至义尽
do everything one can ⇒ 我对他已做到仁至义尽。 Wǒ duì tā yǐ zuòdào rén zhì yì jìn. → I've already done all I can for him.
仗义执言
speak out from a sense of justice
共产主义
communism
军国主义
militarism
天经地义
unalterable truth
帝国主义
imperialism
忘恩负义
( 贬 ) be ungrateful ⇒ 他是个忘恩负义的小人。 Tā shì gè wàng ēn fù yì de xiǎorén. → He's an ungrateful rat.
断章取义
quote out of context ⇒ 他断章取义,曲解我的本意。 Tā duàn zhāng qǔ yì, qūjiě wǒ de běnyì. → He quoted me out of context and quite distorted my original meaning.
深明大义
be principled ⇒ 父亲深明大义,送儿子去投案自首。 Fùqīn shēn míng dà yì, sòng érzi qù tóu'àn zìshǒu. → The father was very principled: he sent his son to give himself up.