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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
well-off and respected (idiom) / to be content with one's wealth and position
respected / respectable / honorable
HSK 7-9
Wu Zun or Chun Wu (1979-), Bruneian actor, vocalist of Fei Lun Hai (Fahrenheit)
self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
HSK 7-9
superior and subordinate / social ranking
revered master
to revere / to admire / to honor / to venerate
self-respect / self-esteem / ego
HSK 7-9
dignity / sanctity / honor / majesty
HSK 7-9
to address sb deferentially / title / honorific
respectable
honor and glory
one's superior / one's elders and betters
(idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
(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)
keep your thoughts to yourself
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
respect the old and cherish the young
to condescend / to deign
to live like a prince (idiom)
(honorific) your father
to obey / to observe / to follow
to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant
(law) elder relatives; relatives of a senior generation such as parents, uncles or grandparents
teacher / master
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
worship / to revere / to venerate
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology
World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
(honorific) your father
aged and respected; senior
to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
(honorific appellation of a deity)
title of a Daoist priest / revered master
(honorific) your mother
to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
to condescend / condescending / patronizing
the most honorable / the most respected / supreme / (archaic) the emperor
honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
(honorific) your parents
ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
(honorific) your parent
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)
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
trout
dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
to revere the master and his teaching
(honorific) your respected opinion / What do you think, your majesty?
Your esteemed father (honorific)
to esteem / to revere / to think highly of sb
(honorific) your father
(idiom) do as you see fit / do whatever you like / (I, we) leave it in your hands
lit. your honored carriage / your highness / honored Sir (also sarcastic) / you
to value highly / to hold up sth as a model
to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
your order (honorific)


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