敬老尊贤
Traditional: 敬老尊賢Dictionary entry
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
What does 敬老尊贤 mean?
敬老尊贤 (jìng lǎo zūn xián) has the following dictionary meaning.
1to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
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敬jìng(bound form) respectful; to respect · to offer politely老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)尊zūnsenior · of a senior generation贤xiánworthy or virtuous person · honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
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