| | virtue / morality / ethics / CL: 種｜种 | HSK 5 |
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| | virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind | HSK 7-9 |
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| | virtue | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred | |
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| | with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom) | |
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| | achievements and virtue | |
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| | power and virtue | |
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| | highest virtue / illustrious virtue | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽) | |
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| | (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity | |
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| | cheese (loanword) / custard powder / (literary) man (laudatory) / person of virtue | |
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| | splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness | |
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| | splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness | |
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| | incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) | |
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| | wildflower / woman of easy virtue | |
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| | lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom) / fig. to talk up; to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else) | |
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| | both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward | |
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| | lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled | |
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| | distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy | |
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| | compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues / mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical | |
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| | secret virtue | |
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| | lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue | |
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| | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳｜左传) | |
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| | excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning | |
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| | three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義｜义, propriety 禮｜礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) | |
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| | Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 | |
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| | loyalty and consideration for others; magnanimity (ideal virtues in Confucianism) | |
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| | filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter | |
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| | to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) | |
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| | four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 | |
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| | extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty | |
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| | virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another | |
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| | rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) | |
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| | lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue | |
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| | paragon of virtue and learning / exemplary character | |
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| | to accumulate merit and virtue | |
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| | distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause | |
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| | to give up evil and return to virtue | |
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| | talent and virtue | |
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| | to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span | |
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| | turn away from evil and follow virtue | |
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| | to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice | |
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| | a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation | |
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| | the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁, justice 義｜义, propriety 禮｜礼, wisdom 智 and honor 信 / alternative term for 五倫｜五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements | |
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| | lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue | |
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| | to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom) | |
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| | little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修) | |
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| | model of feminine virtues | |
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| | to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you | |
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| | to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness | |
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| | (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars | |
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| | lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) | |
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| | of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom) | |
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| | to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom) | |
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| | Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama | |
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| | virtue has its reward, evil its retribution | |
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| | to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom) | |
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| | to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span | |
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| | Virtue is easily sullied. (idiom) | |
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