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  *金* | 金* | *金
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to respect; to revere; to esteem / honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
HSK 5
adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors
HSK 2
to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper
HSK 5
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
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  *戴* | 戴* | *戴
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support
HSK 4
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
HSK 4
for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end
HSK 6
respect; esteem; high regard
HSK 7-9
father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to abide by the law / to respect the law
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect
HSK 7-9
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
to have faith in / to believe in / to have confidence in / to respect
to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
HSK 5
respected / respectable / honorable
HSK 7-9
to respect deeply / to revere / to esteem
HSK 7-9
self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
HSK 7-9
term of respect; polite expression
respect the old and cherish the young
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  *敬* | 敬* | *敬
(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely
HSK 7-9
to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents
HSK 7-9
to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *駕* | 駕* | *駕
to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞)
HSK 7-9
blessed land; a place rich in beauty or natural resources etc / (term of respect) your place
self-respect / self-esteem / ego
HSK 7-9
to respect the elderly
title of respect for taoists
to respect talent and make use of ability (Mencius)
to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
HSK 7-9
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber
excellent in every respect / flawless
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
(coll.) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment); (often sarcastic) to treat with basic courtesy (implying the recipient is undeserving)
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
to deserve (attention, respect etc) / should have (freedoms, rights etc)
respect for the wise
to love and respect / love and respect
to admire / to look up to / to respect sb greatly
HSK 7-9
to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
HSK 7-9
elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
not inferior in any respect
(term of respect) second only to father / like a father (to me)
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
respect the aged
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  *尊* | 尊* | *尊
senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel
filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents
(to look) with a direct gaze / (fig.) respect; favor
term of respect; polite expression
woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected
(idiom) (of a person) to be highly respected; to enjoy prestige
term of respect for a teacher's wife / sorceress
title of honor / term of respect
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect
to respect a deity / to pray to a God
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
excellent in every respect / flawless
to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
HSK 7-9
to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
aged and respected; senior
to cherish the memory of sb / to think of with respect
to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam)
the most honorable / the most respected / supreme / (archaic) the emperor
to call to pay one's respect / to call on
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
term of respect for a teacher's wife
to admire and respect
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  *軾* | 軾* | *軾
(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
mutual respect in marriage / abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉
(greatly respected) teacher
to feel respect
lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to
(honorific) your respected opinion / What do you think, your majesty?
to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
to admire and respect / to look up to
to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions / frivolous
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
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  *欽* | 欽* | *欽
to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself
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  *悐* | 悐* | *悐
respect, regard / to stand in awe of, to be alarmed
(idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health
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  *翊* | 翊* | *翊
assist / ready to fly / respect
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  *佩* | 佩* | *佩
to respect / to wear (belt etc)
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
well-off and respected (idiom) / to be content with one's wealth and position
to admire and respect
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  *悊* | 悊* | *悊
to revere / to respect / variant of


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