父辈
fù bèi
Pinyin

Definition

父辈
 - 
fù bèi
  1. people of one's parents' generation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
shī fu
  1. 1 used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 qualified worker
  1. 1 father
fù nu:3
  1. 1 father and daughter
fù zǐ
  1. 1 father and son
fù ài
  1. 1 paternal love
shén fu
  1. 1 Christian priest or clergyman
  2. 2 (spiritual) father
jiù fù
  1. 1 mother's brother
  2. 2 maternal uncle
yǎng fù
  1. 1 foster father
  2. 2 adoptive father
yà fù
  1. 1 (term of respect) second only to father
  2. 2 like a father (to me)
bó fù
  1. 1 father's elder brother
  2. 2 term of respect for older man
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
xiān fù
  1. 1 deceased father
  2. 2 my late father
shū fù
  1. 1 father's younger brother
  2. 2 uncle
tóng mǔ yì fù
  1. 1 (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers
  2. 2 half (brother or sister)
sàng fù
  1. 1 to be orphaned of one's father
yán fù
  1. 1 strict or stern father
guó fù
  1. 1 father or founder of a nation
  2. 2 Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
wài zǔ fù
  1. 1 maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

Idioms (9)

一日为师,终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 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
  1. 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. 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. 1 like father, like son (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 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. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
  1. 1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy

Sample Sentences

说到读书,就赶上各个学校扩招了,上大学是变得比父辈容易多了,可是大学毕业工作不包分配了。
shuōdào dúshū ,jiù gǎnshàng gègè xuéxiào kuòzhāo le ,shàng dàxué shì biànde bǐ fùbèi róngyì duō le ,kěshì dàxué bìyè gōngzuò bù bāo fēnpèi le 。
Talking of studying, as we were in time for the effort to expand admission to schools, getting into university was a lot easier than our parents' generation, but there were no guaranteed job assignments after graduating from university.