|  | to respect; to revere; to esteem  / honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | respect; esteem; high regard   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to salute  / salute   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to salute  / to pay one's respects to  / to pay tribute to  / to pay homage to   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to respect deeply  / to revere  / to esteem   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | please (do sth) (deferential form)   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | term of respect; polite expression   |  | 
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 |  | to esteem  / to admire   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to return a compliment  / to give sth in return   |  | 
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 |  | (bound form) respectful; to respect  / to offer politely   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to show filial respect  / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)  / to support one's aged parents   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to revere   |  | 
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 |  | to respect the elderly   |  | 
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 |  | to toast; to propose a toast   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | disrespect  / irreverent  / rude  / insufficiently respectful (to a superior)   |  | 
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 |  | to serve tea (to guests)   |  | 
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 |  | please excuse me for not complying  / to politely decline   |  | 
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 |  | respectable   |  | 
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 |  | honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)   |  | 
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 |  | senior citizens' home; old folks' home   |  | 
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 |  | to tell respectfully  / to announce reverentially   |  | 
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 |  | respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)   |  | 
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 |  | to worship   |  | 
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 |  | dedicated to one's work   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | to respect and love; to hold in high esteem   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | deference  / esteem  / to admire   |  | 
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 |  | to burn incense in prayer to a God   |  | 
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 |  | Dear Sirs  / To Whom It May Concern   |  | 
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 |  | Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol   |  | 
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 |  | deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)  / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)   |  | 
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 |  | respectful closing to a letter   |  | 
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 |  | to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | to respect a deity  / to pray to a God   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)  / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure   |  | 
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 |  | to show respect from a distance (idiom)  / to remain at a respectful distance   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)   |  | 
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 |  | to revere  / highly esteemed   |  | 
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 |  | to respectfully offer   |  | 
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 |  | to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom)  / mutual respect between husband and wife   |  | 
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 |  | to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | devout   |  | 
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 |  | to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...)  / respectful term of address; honorific title   |  | 
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 |  | universally admired  / highly esteemed by everyone   |  | 
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 |  | venerable   |  | 
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 |  | to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance   |  | 
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 |  | Lu Zijing or Lu Su  魯肅|鲁肃 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu  東吳|东吴  |  | 
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 |  | to worship piously  / to present  / to dedicate   |  | 
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 |  | to present respectfully  / with (sb's) compliments  / complimentary   |  | 
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 |  | diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues   |  | 
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 |  | to admire and respect   |  | 
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 |  | Wu Jingzi (1701–1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars  儒林外史  |  | 
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 |  | Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up)  / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20  / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13   |  | 
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 |  | to revere  / to venerate  / high esteem   |  | 
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 |  | to offer one's congratulations (formal)   |  | 
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 |  | to feel respect   |  | 
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 |  | to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant   |  | 
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 |  | Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor  李湛, reigned 825-827   |  | 
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 |  | to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good   |  | 
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 |  | priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)   |  | 
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 |  | (idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars   |  | 
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 |  | reverent   |  | 
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 |  | Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel  野叟曝言 Humble Words of a Rustic Elder   |  | 
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 |  | yours truly  / yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)   |  | 
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 |  | reverent and respectful  / extremely deferential   |  | 
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 |  | (honorific) revered news  / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc)  / Thank you for your letter.   |  | 
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 |  | to offer a cigarette (to a guest)   |  | 
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