慎终追远
shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

慎终追远
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shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn
  1. to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

追
duī
  1. 1 to sculpt
  2. 2 to carve
  3. 3 musical instrument (old)
追求
zhuī qiú
  1. 1 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
  2. 2 to seek after
  3. 3 to woo
不慎
bù shèn
  1. 1 incautious
  2. 2 inattentive
慎
shèn
  1. 1 careful
  2. 2 cautious
慎重
shèn zhòng
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 careful
  3. 3 prudent
谨慎
jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 prudent
追上
zhuī shàng
  1. 1 to overtake
追问
zhuī wèn
  1. 1 to question closely
  2. 2 to investigate in detail
  3. 3 to examine minutely
  4. 4 to get to the heart of the matter
追寻
zhuī xún
  1. 1 to pursue
  2. 2 to track down
  3. 3 to search
追尾
zhuī wěi
  1. 1 to tailgate
  2. 2 to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
追忆
zhuī yì
  1. 1 to recollect
  2. 2 to recall (past times)
  3. 3 to look back
追捕
zhuī bǔ
  1. 1 to pursue
  2. 2 to be after
  3. 3 to hunt down
追捧
zhuī pěng
  1. 1 to chase after (a popular person or item)
  2. 2 to pursue
  3. 3 popularity
追击
zhuī jī
  1. 1 to pursue and attack
追杀
zhuī shā
  1. 1 to chase to kill
追究
zhuī jiū
  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to look into
追赶
zhuī gǎn
  1. 1 to pursue
  2. 2 to chase after
  3. 3 to accelerate
  4. 4 to catch up with
  5. 5 to overtake
追踪
zhuī zōng
  1. 1 to follow a trail
  2. 2 to trace
  3. 3 to pursue
追逐
zhuī zhú
  1. 1 to chase
  2. 2 to pursue vigorously
追随
zhuī suí
  1. 1 to follow
  2. 2 to accompany

Idioms (8)

一着不慎，满盘皆输
yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū
  1. 1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
以慎为键
yǐ shèn wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
小心谨慎
xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious and timid (idiom); prudent
  2. 2 careful
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
买笑追欢
mǎi xiào zhuī huān
  1. 1 lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
  2. 2 abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
追悔莫及
zhuī huǐ mò jí
  1. 1 too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
追根问底
zhuī gēn wèn dǐ
  1. 1 lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

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