大义灭亲 dàyìmièqīn uphold righteousness above family Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dàyìmièqīn uphold righteousness above family To place righteousness before family; to be ready to punish or turn in one's own family if justice demands it. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.228 per million Cross-References Antonym 认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
大义灭亲 大義滅親 dàyìmièqīn uphold righteousness above family To place righteousness before family; to be ready to punish or turn in one's own family if justice demands it. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.228 per million Cross-References Antonym 认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)