- to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
Characters
- 大 (大): big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 义 (義): surname Yi; (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
- 灭 (滅): to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- 亲 (親): parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear
Resources
- Wiktionary: 大义灭亲
- MDBG: 大义灭亲
- Examples with 大义灭亲 on Tatoeba
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