We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「覆宗滅祀」, explained below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「覆宗滅祀」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
Zong: ancestral temple. Sacrifice: sacrifice. Overthrow the ancestral temple. To destroy a sacrifice: to extinguish the incense, which is extended to mean to cut off the descendants. Destroy ancestral temples and cut off future generations. Also written as “extinction of the clan and extinction of the heir.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fù zōng miè sì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fuk1 jung1 mit6 ji6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
