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敬老尊贤

jìng lǎo zūn xiándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom) / to honor the great and the good
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-51703d2b55f63d44. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

敬老尊賢 敬老尊贤 [jing4 lao3 zun1 xian2] /to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good/

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Other forms in these source records: 敬老尊賢

  • 敬
    jìng

    (bound form) respectful / to respect / to offer politely

  • 老
    lǎo

    prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

  • 尊
    zūn

    senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel

  • 贤
    xián

    worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.