孝感動天
xiào​gǎn​dòng​tiān

to move heaven with filial piety

  • created sense approved 孝感动天/孝感動天 · xiào​gǎn​dòng​tiān · to move heaven with filial piety — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|二十四孝|er4 shi2 si4 xiao4]]

    孝 (literal) → 孝 · xiào · filial; filial piety 感动 (literal) → 感动/感動 · gǎn​dòng · to move (spiritually) 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God

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