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to respect; to revere; to esteem / honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
HSK 5
to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper
HSK 5
respected / respectable / honorable
HSK 7-9
self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
HSK 7-9
dignity / sanctity / honor / majesty
HSK 7-9
respect the old and cherish the young
superior and subordinate / social ranking
to revere / to admire / to honor / to venerate
self-respect / self-esteem / ego
HSK 7-9
to address sb deferentially / title / honorific
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
respectable
revered master
(idiom) do as you see fit / do whatever you like / (I, we) leave it in your hands
honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
respect the aged
honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
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senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel
to live like a prince (idiom)
to condescend / to deign
honor and glory
(honorific) your father
to revere the master and his teaching
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
worship / to revere / to venerate
(idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
(honorific) your father
lit. your honored carriage / your highness / honored Sir (also sarcastic) / you
to obey / to observe / to follow
title of a Daoist priest / revered master
one's superior / one's elders and betters
aged and respected; senior
to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant
to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
(honorific appellation of a deity)
Wu Zun or Chun Wu (1979-), Bruneian actor, vocalist of Fei Lun Hai (Fahrenheit)
(honorific) your mother
to condescend / condescending / patronizing
the most honorable / the most respected / supreme / (archaic) the emperor
(honorific) your parents
ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
august countenance / your face (usually mocking)
posthumous honorific name
(neologism) (slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbr. for 挽回尊嚴|挽回尊严)
trout
teacher / master
(honorific) your parent
(honorific) your respected opinion / What do you think, your majesty?
Your esteemed father (honorific)
to esteem / to revere / to think highly of sb
dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
(honorific) your father
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
(law) elder relatives; relatives of a senior generation such as parents, uncles or grandparents
to value highly / to hold up sth as a model
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
your order (honorific)
keep your thoughts to yourself
well-off and respected (idiom) / to be content with one's wealth and position


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