大义灭亲
Traditional form:
大義滅親
Pinyin (reading):
dàyìmièqīn
Definitions:
- to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
Characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 义 - right conduct, propriety; justice
- 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
- 亲 - relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
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