"elders" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
父老 fù lǎo elders syn
长者小组 長者小組 zhǎng zhě xiǎo zǔ The Elders
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn
供养 供養 gōng yǎng to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents syn
避讳 避諱 bì huì to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) syn
晚生 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)
xǐng (bound form) to scrutinize / (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct) / (bound form) to come to realize / (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders) syn
孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents syn
顶撞 頂撞 dǐng zhuàng to contradict (elders or superiors) syn
尊长 尊長 zūn zhǎng one's superior / one's elders and betters syn
四方理事会 Elders' Circle of the Four Directions (Elders' Circle)
长老理事会 Council of Elders
国际精神长者会议 International Spiritual Elders Conference
长老院 zhǎng lǎo yuàn Meshrano Jirga / House of Elders
国家最高酋长和长老传统理事会 國家最高酋長和長老傳統理事會 National Traditional Council of Paramount Chiefs and Elders
长老和宗教领袖理事会 長老和宗教領袖理事會 Council of Elders and Religious Leaders
上辈 上輩 shàng bèi ancestors / one's elders syn
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
以下犯上 yǐ xià fàn shàng to disrespect one's superiors / to offend one's elders
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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