令亲 令親 lìng qīn Your esteemed parent (honorific) 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help syn 驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence / your arrival (honorific) / your esteemed presence syn 高足 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil syn 尊意 zūn yì (honorific) your respected opinion / What do you think, your majesty? 敬悉 jìng xī (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter. 见访 見訪 jiàn fǎng your visit (honorific) / you honor me with your visit 鼎助 dǐng zhù (honorific) your inestimable assistance / thanks to your help 大笔 大筆 dà bǐ (formal, honorific) your writing / your handwriting / pen / calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money) syn 三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 殿下 diàn xià Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 贵校 貴校 guì xiào (honorific) your school 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 宽衣 寬衣 kuān yī please take off your coat (honorific) / loose-fitting garment syn 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn 贵府 貴府 guì fǔ your home (honorific) 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 贵庚 貴庚 guì gēng your age (honorific) 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 钧 鈞 jūn 30 catties / great / your (honorific) syn 紫芝眉宇 zǐ zhī méi yǔ your appearance (honorific) 仙乡 仙鄉 xiān xiāng fairyland / honorific: your homeland 令兄 lìng xiōng Your esteemed older brother (honorific) 令尊令堂 lìng zūn lìng táng (honorific) your parents 令慈 lìng cí Your esteemed mother (honorific) 令正 lìng zhèng (honorific) your wife 令阃 令閫 lìng kǔn your wife (honorific) 女公子 nǚ gōng zǐ noble lady / (honorific) your daughter syn 尊公 zūn gōng (honorific) your father 尊君 zūn jūn (honorific) your father 尊命 zūn mìng your order (honorific) 尊堂 zūn táng (honorific) your mother 尊翁 zūn wēng (honorific) your father 芝宇 zhī yǔ your appearance (honorific) / cf 紫芝眉宇 兰玉 蘭玉 lán yù your son (honorific) 兰章 蘭章 lán zhāng a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific) 阁下 閣下 gé xià your distinguished self / your majesty / sire syn 主公 zhǔ gōng Your Highness / Your Majesty syn 贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn 尊驾 尊駕 zūn jià lit. your honored carriage / your highness / honored Sir (also sarcastic) / you 不吝珠玉 bù lìn zhū yù lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.) / fig. Please give me your frank opinion. / Your criticism will be most valuable. 饮水思源 飲水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! syn 浑身解数 渾身解數 hún shēn xiè shù to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4] 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age 患难见真情 患難見真情 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties 盼睐 盼睞 pàn lài your favors / your consideration 讨扰 討擾 tǎo rǎo I beg to disturb you / I trespass on your hospitality / Thank you for your hospitality! 雅意 yǎ yì your kind offer / your valued advice / delicate interest and charm syn 雅教 yǎ jiào (hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion). 饮流怀源 飲流懷源 yǐn liú huái yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥 你走你的陽關道，我過我的獨木橋 nǐ zǒu nǐ de yáng guān dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前 bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril 管住嘴迈开腿 管住嘴邁開腿 guǎn zhù zuǐ mài kāi tuǐ lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight) 口嫌体正直 口嫌體正直 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) 口嫌体直 口嫌體直 kǒu xián tǐ zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2]) 关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business! / Mind your own business! 不吝珠玉 bù lìn - zhū yù (idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion / your criticism will be most valuable 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 母公司 mǔ gōng sī parent company syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 家长会 家長會 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association 单亲家庭 單親家庭 dān qīn jiā tíng single parent family 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor syn 弑 弒 shì to murder a superior / to murder one's parent syn 乌鸟私情 烏鳥私情 wū niǎo sī qíng lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liǎo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 赘婿 贅婿 zhuì xù son-in-law living at wife's parent's house syn 祖语 祖語 zǔ yǔ proto-language / parent language (linguistics) 单亲 單親 dān qīn single parent 回交 huí jiāo backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent) 母弹 母彈 mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb) 母质 母質 mǔ zhì parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) 绕膝 繞膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 丁艰 丁艱 dīng jiān (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent 母体碳氢化合物 mǔ tǐ tàn qīng huà hé wù parent hydrocarbon 国际父母教育联合会 International Federation for Parent Education 教员－儿童－家长办法 teacher-child-parent approach 国际癌症患儿家长组织联合会 International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations 生身父母 shēng shēn fù mǔ biological parent 亲子传播 親子傳播 parent-to-child transmission 原部队 原部隊 parent unit 所属部队 所屬部隊 parent unit 