to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
trad. 光前裕後
Also written 光前裕後【guāng qián yù hòu】
Characters in this word
4光
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light; ray (CL:道[dao4]), bright; shiny, only; merely, used up; finished, to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- Pinyin
- guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1998 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
裕
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abundant
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 16847 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500