xiào​gǎn​dòng​tiān

to move heaven with filial piety

Senses

孝感动天/ 孝感動天 xiào​gǎn​dòng​tiān to move heaven with filial piety

to move or touch heaven with one's filial piety; refers to filial devotion so extreme that it earns divine intervention or moves the world; also the name of the first story in the "Twenty-four Filial Exemplars" 二十四孝 èr​shí​sì​xiào

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