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There are 36 total results for your filial piety search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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xiào
    xiao4
hsiao
 kou; kyou(ok) / ko; kyo(ok)
    こう; きょう(ok)

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Filial Piety
filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
(See 孝行・1) filial piety; (given name) Yasuaki
Filial, obedient.

孝行

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 koukou / koko
    こうこう

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Filial Piety / Filial Conduct
(n,vs,adj-na) (1) (See 親孝行) filial piety; (n,vs,adj-na) (2) showing devotion (to someone); (given name) Takayuki

孝道

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xiào dao
    xiao4 dao5
hsiao tao
 koudou / kodo
    こうどう

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The Dao of Filial Piety
filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter
filial piety; (given name) Takamichi

三福

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sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 mifuku
    みふく
(place-name, surname) Mifuku
The three (sources of) felicity: (1) The 無量壽經 has the felicity of (a) 世福 filial piety, regard for elders, keeping the ten commandments; (b) 戒福 of keeping the other commandments; (c) 行福 of resolve on complete bodhi and the pursuit of the Buddha-way. (2) The 倶舍論 18, has the blessedness of (a) 施類福 almsgiving, in evoking resultant wealth; (b) 戒類福 observance of the 性戒 (against killing, stealing, adultery, lying) and the 遮戒 (against alcohol, etc.), in obtaining a happy lot in the heavens; (c) 修類福 observance of meditation in obtaining final escape from the mortal round. Cf. 三種淨業.

不孝

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bù xiào
    bu4 xiao4
pu hsiao
 fukou(p); fukyou / fuko(p); fukyo
    ふこう(P); ふきょう
unfilial
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (ふきょう only) (archaism) (See 八虐) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (ふきょう only) (archaism) disowning one's child
unfilial

両全

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 ryouzen / ryozen
    りょうぜん
(1) completeness in both (e.g. loyalty and filial piety, study and sports); (can be adjective with の) (2) advantageous to both sides

五倫


五伦

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wǔ lún
    wu3 lun2
wu lun
 gorin
    ごりん
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

反哺

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fǎn bǔ
    fan3 bu3
fan pu
 hanpo
    はんぽ
to support one's parents in their old age; to show filial piety; to to repay; to return a favor
caring for one's parents in return; (given name) Hanpo

喪棒


丧棒

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sāng bàng
    sang1 bang4
sang pang
funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)

嘗糞


尝粪

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cháng fèn
    chang2 fen4
ch`ang fen
    chang fen
 shoufun / shofun
    しょうふん
to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety); to suck up to sb; to kiss ass
shamelessly flattering; brown-nosing; licking excrement

孝弟

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 takayasu
    たかやす
filial piety; brotherly love; (given name) Takayasu

孝心

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xiào xīn
    xiao4 xin1
hsiao hsin
 koushin / koshin
    こうしん
filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents
filial devotion; (personal name) Kōshin

孝悌

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xiào tì
    xiao4 ti4
hsiao t`i
    hsiao ti
 takayoshi
    たかよし
filial piety and fraternal duty
filial piety; brotherly love; (male given name) Takayoshi

孝敬

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xiào jìng
    xiao4 jing4
hsiao ching
 koukei / koke
    こうけい
to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents
filial piety; (male given name) Takayoshi

孝経

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 koukyou / kokyo
    こうきょう
the Book of Filial Piety

孝經


孝经

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xiào jīng
    xiao4 jing1
hsiao ching
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)

孝順


孝顺

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xiào shùn
    xiao4 shun4
hsiao shun
 koujun / kojun
    こうじゅん
filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
(noun or adjectival noun) obedience; filial piety; (personal name) Takayori
Obedient.

忠孝

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zhōng xiào
    zhong1 xiao4
chung hsiao
 chuukou / chuko
    ちゅうこう
loyalty and filial piety; (given name) Chuukou
loyalty and filial piety

愚孝

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yú xiào
    yu2 xiao4
yü hsiao
unquestioning filial piety

至孝

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 shikou / shiko
    しこう
supreme filial piety; (given name) Yoshitaka

跪乳

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guì rǔ
    gui4 ru3
kuei ju
(literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety)

十三經


十三经

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shí sān jīng
    shi2 san1 jing1
shih san ching
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]

哭喪棒


哭丧棒

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kū sāng bàng
    ku1 sang1 bang4
k`u sang pang
    ku sang pang
mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety

親不孝

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 oyafukou / oyafuko
    おやふこう
(noun or adjectival noun) lack of filial piety

親孝行

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 oyakoukou / oyakoko
    おやこうこう
(n,vs,vi,adj-na) (ant: 親不孝) filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

二十四孝

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èr shí sì xiào
    er4 shi2 si4 xiao4
erh shih ssu hsiao
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

五倫の道

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 gorinnomichi
    ごりんのみち
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

仁義忠孝

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 jingichuukou / jingichuko
    じんぎちゅうこう
humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety

忠孝両全

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 chuukouryouzen / chukoryozen
    ちゅうこうりょうぜん
(yoji) being a good son and a loyal subject; possessing loyalty and filial piety

忠孝仁義

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 chuukoujingi / chukojingi
    ちゅうこうじんぎ
loyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice

烏鳥私情


乌鸟私情

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wū niǎo sī qíng
    wu1 niao3 si1 qing2
wu niao ssu ch`ing
    wu niao ssu ching
lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom); fig. filial piety

Variations:
孝弟
孝悌

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 koutei / kote
    こうてい
filial piety; brotherly love

百善孝為先


百善孝为先

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bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān
    bai3 shan4 xiao4 wei2 xian1
pai shan hsiao wei hsien
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)

墓に布団は着せられぬ

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 hakanifutonhakiserarenu
    はかにふとんはきせられぬ
(expression) (proverb) it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead

Variations:
親不孝(P)
親不幸(iK)

see styles
 oyafukou / oyafuko
    おやふこう
(n,vs,vi,adj-na) (ant: 親孝行) lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

Variations:
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり

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 shintaihappukoreofuboniukuaetekishousezaruhakounohajimenari / shintaihappukoreofuboniukuaetekishosezaruhakonohajimenari
    しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
(expression) (proverb) (from The Classic of Filial Piety) filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 36 results for "filial piety" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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