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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「移孝為忠」 here, with meaning and examples.

The idiom being introduced now is 「移孝為忠」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It means to transform filial piety to parents into loyalty to the monarch.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yí xiào wéi zhōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi4 haau3 wai6/wai4 jung1

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.