大义灭亲 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 大義滅親 dàyìmièqīn ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄣ to place righteousness before family (idiom) ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it Character by character 大(dà)big 义(yì)surname Yi 灭(miè)extinguish or put out 亲(qīn)parent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0