idiom > serve out one's apprenticeship illustriousness
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出师有名
Pinyin: chū shī yǒu míng

Explanation: 有正当理由进行征伐。

Source: 京剧《将相和》第一场赵若献璧,乃惧怕我邦,不难臣服;若是不献,再去征讨,方算出师有名。”

There are legitimate reasons for conquest
  There are valid reasons for conquest. Peking Opera "is about to make and" first: "If Zhao Xian Bi, is the fear of my state, is not difficult to surrender; if not the offering, go to acquiesce in the famous square calculate the division."
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