1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
2 nothing to choose between them
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
千里马常有，而伯乐不常有
qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó Lè bù cháng yǒu
1 lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
2 fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
1 like father, like son (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
2 to sell oneself to the enemy
Sample Sentences
爸爸的哥哥，叫伯父或者伯伯都可以。
bàba de gēge ，jiào bófù huòzhě bóbo dōu kěyǐ 。
We call our father's older brother either "bo fu" or "bo bo."