忠ちゅう孝こう両りょう全ぜん

noun

being both loyal and filial; fulfilling duty to lord and parents

A yojijukugo expressing the Confucian ideal of balancing loyalty to one's lord with filial piety toward one's parents. Often used in historical or ethical contexts.

• 武ぶ士しにとって忠ちゅう孝こう両りょう全ぜんは難むずかしい理り想そうだった。

  For samurai, being both loyal and filial was a difficult ideal.

• 彼かれは忠ちゅう孝こう両りょう全ぜんを説といた。

  He preached the importance of fulfilling both loyalty and filial piety.