一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
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1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
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1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
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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
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1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
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1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
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1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
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2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
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1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
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2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
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1 like father, like son (idiom)
荣宗耀祖
róng zōng yào zǔ
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1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
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2 also written 光宗耀祖
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
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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
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1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
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2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
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1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
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1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
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2 to sell oneself to the enemy