敬老尊贤 — Chinese idiom
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
Traditional: 敬老尊賢
Meaning
- to respect the wise and venerate the worthy ; to honor the great and the good
Character by character
- 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 尊zūnto honor, to respect, to venerate
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
Idioms sharing a character
- 敬惜字纸 jìng xī zì zhǐ
- 敬业乐群 jìng yè lè qún
- 敬而远之 jìng ér yuǎn zhī
- 敬若神明 jìng ruò shén míng
- 敬贤礼士 jìng xián lǐ shì
- 相敬如宾 xiāng jìng rú bīn
- 肃然起敬 sù rán qǐ jìng
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng
- 天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo
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