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


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