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filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety
HSK 7-9
filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
benevolent father, filial son (idiom) / natural love between parents and children
there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子)
to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents
HSK 7-9
unfilial
filial son
filial piety and fraternal duty
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孝* | 孝* | *孝
filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel
mourning dress
mourning clothes
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
unquestioning filial piety
filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents
Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
to do one's filial duty
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
to be forever filial (idiom)
to observe mourning for one's parents
to wear mourning garb / to be in mourning
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
Xiaonan, a district of Xiaogan City 孝感市, Hubei
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
a condolence visit
mourning garment
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, a World Heritage site
to wear mourning clothes / to be in mourning / also written 披麻戴孝
to wear mourning clothes / to be in mourning / also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
Xiaochang, a county in Xiaogan City 孝感市, Hubei
to get through the mourning period
Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正 and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆
Xiaoyi, a county-level city in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市, Shanxi
Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
variant of 戴孝


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