Read Edit View history Discussion 大义灭亲 dàyìmièqīn uphold righteousness above family Origin Definitions Defs 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)