光宗耀祖
Traditional form:
光宗耀祖
Pinyin (reading):
guāngzōngyàozǔ
Definitions:
- to bring honor to one's ancestors
Characters:
- 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 宗 - ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
- 耀 - to sparkle, to shine, to dazzle; glory
- 祖 - ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
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