贵贱
guì jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

贵贱
 - 
guì jiàn
  1. noble and lowly
  2. high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

富贵
fù guì
  1. 1 riches and honor
宝贵
bǎo guì
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 precious
  3. 3 to value
  4. 4 to treasure
  5. 5 to set store by
珍贵
zhēn guì
  1. 1 precious
贵
guì
  1. 1 expensive
  2. 2 noble
  3. 3 precious
  4. 4 (honorific) your
贵妃
guì fēi
  1. 1 senior concubine
  2. 2 imperial consort
贵妇
guì fù
  1. 1 upper-class woman
  2. 2 lady (old)
贱人
jiàn rén
  1. 1 slut
  2. 2 cheap person
高贵
gāo guì
  1. 1 grandeur
  2. 2 noble
下贱
xià jiàn
  1. 1 humble
  2. 2 lowly
  3. 3 depraved
  4. 4 contemptible
卑贱
bēi jiàn
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 mean and low
可贵
kě guì
  1. 1 to be treasured
  2. 2 praiseworthy
名贵
míng guì
  1. 1 famous and valuable
  2. 2 rare
  3. 3 precious
尊贵
zūn guì
  1. 1 respected
  2. 2 respectable
  3. 3 honorable
新贵
xīn guì
  1. 1 nouveau riche
  2. 2 upstart
  3. 3 new appointee
昂贵
áng guì
  1. 1 expensive
  2. 2 costly
杨贵妃
Yáng Guì fēi
  1. 1 Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yáng Yù huán] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Táng Xuán zōng], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[Ān Shǐ zhī Luàn]
权贵
quán guì
  1. 1 influential officials
  2. 2 bigwigs
华贵
huá guì
  1. 1 sumptuous
  2. 2 luxurious
贫贱
pín jiàn
  1. 1 poor and lowly
贵人
guì rén
  1. 1 nobility
  2. 2 person of high rank

Idioms (15)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
兵贵神速
bīng guì shén sù
  1. 1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
攀高结贵
pān gāo jié guì
  1. 1 lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
  2. 2 social climbing
荣华富贵
róng huá fù guì
  1. 1 glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. 1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
亲疏贵贱
qīn shū guì jiàn
  1. 1 close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
  2. 2 all possible relations
贵人多忘
guì rén duō wàng
  1. 1 an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
贵远贱近
guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
达官贵人
dá guān guì rén
  1. 1 high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
长命富贵
cháng mìng fù guì
  1. 1 We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
高抬贵手
gāo tái guì shǒu
  1. 1 to be generous (idiom)
  2. 2 to be magnanimous
  3. 3 Give me a break!
黄炎贵胄
huáng yán guì zhòu
  1. 1 honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)

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