孝悌忠信
孝悌忠信
xiào tì zhōng xìn
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
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- 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
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Related Words
四德(sì dé)— 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
→孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→孝心(xiào xīn)— filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
→以小挤大(yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà)— minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
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