to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
trad. 敬老尊賢
Also written 敬老尊賢【jìng lǎo zūn xián】
Characters in this word
4敬
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(bound form) respectful; to respect, to offer politely
- Pinyin
- jìng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3285 of 2500
老
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prefix 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old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
尊
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senior, of a senior generation, to honor, to respect, honorific, classifier for cannons and statues, ancient wine vessel
- Pinyin
- zūn
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 19445 of 2500
贤
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worthy or virtuous person, honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- Pinyin
- xián
- Traditional
- 賢
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 46598 of 2500