相敬如宾 — Chinese idiom
相敬如宾
xiāng jìng rú bīn
Traditional: 相敬如賓
Meaning
- to treat each other as an honored guest
- mutual respect between husband and wife
Character by character
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 敬jìngto respect, to honor; respectfully
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 宾bīnguest, visitor; surname; submit
Idioms sharing a character
- 一脉相承 yī mài xiāng chéng
- 世代相传 shì dài xiāng chuán
- 互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi
- 代代相传 dài dài xiāng chuán
- 以礼相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
- 休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 凶相毕露 xiōng xiàng bì lù
- 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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