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"moral backbone" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
骨气 骨氣 gǔ qì unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] syn
发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn
脊椎 jǐ zhuī vertebra / backbone syn
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn
支柱 zhī zhù mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone syn
人品 rén pǐn character / moral strength / integrity / (coll.) looks / appearance / bearing syn
格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn
贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn
品行 pǐn xíng behavior / moral conduct syn
品德 pǐn dé moral character syn
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn
腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone) syn
脊骨 jǐ gǔ backbone syn
中坚 中堅 zhōng jiān core / nucleus / backbone syn
志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit syn
顶梁柱 頂梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar / backbone syn
贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn
品性 pǐn xìng nature / characteristic / moral character syn
德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn
骨干 骨幹 gǔ gàn diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone syn
主心骨 zhǔ xīn gǔ backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment syn
情操 qíng cāo sentiments / feelings / disposition of mind / moral character syn
气量 氣量 qì liàng (lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity syn
脊梁骨 jǐ liang gǔ backbone syn
修身 xiū shēn to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging syn
节操 節操 jié cāo integrity / moral principle syn
正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
义愤 義憤 yì fèn righteous indignation / moral indignation syn
气节 氣節 qì jié moral integrity / unflinching righteousness syn
主干线 主幹線 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
德育 dé yù moral education
荣辱观 榮辱觀 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]
八荣八耻 八榮八恥 bā róng bā chǐ Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
乱伦 亂倫 luàn lún to violate moral principles / depravity / (esp.) to commit incest / incest
好样的 好樣的 hǎo yàng de (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
德性 dé xìng moral integrity syn
品学 品學 pǐn xué conduct and learning (of an individual) / moral nature and skill
道德素质 道德素質 dào dé sù zhì moral quality (in ideological education)
精神支柱 jīng shén zhī zhù moral pillars / spiritual props
道德风险 道德風險 dào dé fēng xiǎn moral hazard
风纪 風紀 fēng jì standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn
圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn
节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
脊 jǐ (bound form) spine / backbone / (bound form) ridge syn
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
膂 lǚ backbone / strength syn
文以载道 文以載道 wén yǐ zài dào words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral
三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn
假人假义 假人假義 jiǎ rén jiǎ yì an impostor / a hypocrite / one who pretends to have high moral standards
传道受业 傳道受業 chuán dào shòu yè to teach (idiom) / lit. to give moral and practical instruction
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
良知良能 liáng zhī liáng néng instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
白璧无瑕 白璧無瑕 bái bì wú xiá impeccable moral integrity syn
人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times syn
道德沦丧 道德淪喪 dào dé lún sàng moral bankruptcy / moral degeneracy
大人不记小人过 大人不記小人過 dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
骨干网路 骨幹網路 gǔ gàn wǎng lù backbone network
校园骨干 校園骨幹 xiào yuán gǔ gàn campus backbone
主干网路 主幹網路 zhǔ gàn wǎng lù core network / backbone network
技术主干 technology backbone
脊梁 jǐ liáng backbone / spine / Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5] syn
白壁无瑕 白壁無瑕 bái bì wú xiá impeccable moral integrity
作风正派 作風正派 zuò fēng zhèng pài to be honest and upright / to have moral integrity
俷 fèi (literary) to violate (a moral code)
品节 品節 pǐn jié character / moral integrity syn
男人膝下有黄金 男人膝下有黃金 nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn lit. the man has gold under his knees / fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)
盛德 shèng dé splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness
精神生活 jīng shén shēng huó spiritual or moral life
至德 zhì dé splendid virtue / majestic moral character / great kindness
载道 載道 zài dào to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint) / to communicate a moral / to convey the Way / to express (idea, preference, complaint)
过庭录 過庭錄 guò tíng lù lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fan4 Gong1 cheng1], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty
道德败坏 道德敗壞 dào dé bài huài vice / immorality / moral turpitude
道德认识 道德認識 dào dé rèn shi moral cognition / ethical awareness
道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
风流债 風流債 fēng liú zhài lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair
道德劝告 道德勸告 dào dé quàn gào moral suasion
道德强迫 道德強迫 moral coercion
内在超越 內在超越 nèi zài chāo yuè inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
孔融让梨 孔融讓梨 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
拒腐防变 拒腐防變 jù fǔ fáng biàn to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
大节 大節 dà jié major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character syn
敦伦 敦倫 dūn lún to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
正义魔人 正義魔人 zhèng yì mó rén (Tw) sanctimonious person / self-appointed moral arbiter
德不配位 dé bù pèi wèi one's moral standards are not in keeping with one's social status
德不配位，必有灾殃 德不配位，必有災殃 dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
道德高地 dào dé gāo dì moral high ground
德高望重 dé gāo - wàng zhòng (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn
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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