







遗德休烈 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the lasting virtues and remarkable achievements bequeathed by ancestors; an ancestral legacy of virtue and merit”. Literally, “Bequeathed virtue and excellent merit”.

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Open the tool →遗德休烈 (yí dé xiū liè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the lasting virtues and remarkable achievements bequeathed by ancestors; an ancestral legacy of virtue and merit”.
遗德休烈 is pronounced yí dé xiū liè in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 遗德休烈 means “Bequeathed virtue and excellent merit”. It is used to mean “the lasting virtues and remarkable achievements bequeathed by ancestors; an ancestral legacy of virtue and merit”.
指先人留下的德泽和功业。同“遗德余烈”。