大義滅親 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 大义灭亲 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 義(yì)surname Yi 滅(miè)extinguish or put out 親(qīn)parent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0