Sever one's kindness with righteousness

Sever one's kindness with righteousness

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ y ì g ē n, which means to cut off personal favor with great righteousness; it means to act impartially without favoritism. It comes from the biography of empress Zhao in the history of Han Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

Righteousness: morality.

The origin of Idioms

"Han Dynasty · filial piety into empress Zhao biography:" husband small can not bear chaos big plan, kindness can not have, righteousness cut also

Analysis of Idioms

To judge kindness by righteousness

Idiom usage

It means not to die for personal love.