光前耀後
guāng​qián​yào​hòu

to bring honor to ancestors

  • created sense approved 光前耀后/光前耀後 · guāng​qián​yào​hòu · to bring honor to ancestors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    光前耀后 / 光前耀後

    guāng​qián​yào​hòu

    to bring honor to ancestors

    to bring glory to one's ancestors and reflect credit on one's descendants

    光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · to glorify 前 (literal) → 前 · qián · before 耀 (literal) → 耀 · yào · glory 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · descendant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense