| 大唐西域记 |
Dà Táng Xī yù Jì |
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘, compiled by 辩机 in 646 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大唐 |
Dà Táng |
the Tang dynasty (618-907) |
| 唐 |
Táng |
Tang dynasty (618–907) / surname Tang |
| 唐 |
táng |
to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗 |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西域 |
Xī yù |
Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉门关) |
| 西域记 |
Xī yù jì |
Report of the regions west of Great Tang / travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘 on his travels to Central Asia and India |
| 域 |
yù |
field / region / area / domain (taxonomy) |
| 记 |
jì |
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots |