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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 大义灭亲
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 大义灭亲 | dà yì miè qīn | - to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it |
List Ranking for: 大义灭亲
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 52,451 | 74,924 | 60,155 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 义 | yì | - surname Yi - (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4da4li4]) |
| 义 | yì | - justice - righteousness - meaning - foster (father etc) - adopted - artificial (tooth, limb etc) - relationship - friendship |
| 灭 | miè | - to extinguish or put out - to go out (of a fire etc) - to exterminate or wipe out - to drown |
| 亲 | qīn | - parent - one's own (flesh and blood) - relative - related - marriage - bride - close - intimate - in person - first-hand - in favor of - pro- - to kiss - (Internet slang) dear |
| 亲 | qìng | - parents-in-law of one's offspring |
Other Words Containing 大义灭亲
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大义灭亲 | - | - | 52,451 | 74,924 | 60,155 |