孝廉
xiào lián
Pinyin

Definition

孝廉
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xiào lián
  1. xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing
  2. successful second degree candidate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

孝
xiào
  1. 1 filial piety or obedience
  2. 2 mourning apparel
孝敬
xiào jìng
  1. 1 to show filial respect
  2. 2 to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)
  3. 3 to support one's aged parents
孝顺
xiào shùn
  1. 1 filial
  2. 2 dutiful
  3. 3 devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)
  4. 4 to show filial piety towards (an older family member)
  5. 5 filial piety
廉价
lián jià
  1. 1 cheaply-priced
  2. 2 low-cost
不孝
bù xiào
  1. 1 unfilial
低廉
dī lián
  1. 1 cheap
  2. 2 inexpensive
  3. 3 low
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
威廉
Wēi lián
  1. 1 William or Wilhelm (name)
孝子
xiào zǐ
  1. 1 filial son
孝心
xiào xīn
  1. 1 filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
  2. 2 respect and obedience to one's parents
孝感
Xiào gǎn
  1. 1 Xiaogan prefecture level city in Hubei
孝道
xiào dao
  1. 1 filial piety (Confucian virtue)
  2. 2 to be a good son or daughter
廉耻
lián chǐ
  1. 1 honor and shame
  2. 2 sense of honor
廉政
lián zhèng
  1. 1 honest or clean politics
廉江
Lián jiāng
  1. 1 Lianjiang county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
廉洁
lián jié
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 not coercive
  3. 3 honesty
  4. 4 integrity
  5. 5 incorruptible
廉颇
Lián Pō
  1. 1 Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国
清廉
qīng lián
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 uncorrupted
物美价廉
wù měi jià lián
  1. 1 good quality and cheap
  2. 2 a bargain
尽孝
jìn xiào
  1. 1 to do one's filial duty

Idioms (6)

价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
俭以养廉
jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián
  1. 1 frugality makes honesty (idiom)
勤政廉政
qín zhèng lián zhèng
  1. 1 honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
  1. 1 to be forever filial (idiom)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
  1. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
百善孝为先
bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān
  1. 1 of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)

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