"pretended righteousness" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
假仁假义假仁假義	jiǎ rén jiǎ yì	hypocrisy / pretended righteousness	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
正义正義	zhèng yì	justice / righteousness / just / righteous	syn
义義	yì	justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship	syn
道义道義	dào yì	morality / righteousness and justice	syn
大义凛然大義凜然	dà yì lǐn rán	devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)	syn
大义灭亲大義滅親	dà yì miè qīn	to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it	syn
大义大義	dà yì	righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing	syn
气节氣節	qì jié	moral integrity / unflinching righteousness	syn
仁义仁義	rén yì	benevolence and righteousness	syn
公义公義	gōng yì	righteousness
三纲五常三綱五常	sān gāng wǔ cháng	three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義\|义, propriety 禮\|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
舍生取义捨生取義	shě shēng qǔ yì	to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles	syn
义正辞严義正辭嚴	yì zhèng cí yán	(idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness	syn
礼义禮義	lǐ yì	righteousness / justice
道高一尺，魔高一丈	dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng	(idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil / no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
重利轻义重利輕義	zhòng lì qīng yì	to value material gain over righteousness
重义轻利重義輕利	zhòng yì qīng lì	to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)

The four tones