晓以大义 — Chinese idiom
晓以大义
xiǎo yǐ dà yì
Traditional: 曉以大義
Meaning
- to persuade by appealing to principle; to reason with sb on moral grounds
Character by character
- 晓xiǎodawn; clear, explicit, known
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
Idioms sharing a character
- 家喻户晓 jiā yù hù xiǎo
- 户告人晓 hù gào rén xiǎo
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
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