老吾老，以及人之老

lǎo​wú​lǎo​yǐ​jí​rén​zhī​lǎo

treat all elders with respect

To honor other people's elders as we do our own; treat the elderly in general with the same respect shown to one's own aged parents.

老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · to respect 吾 (literal) → 吾 · wú · I 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · the elderly ， (non_chinese) 以及 (literal) → 以及 · yǐ​jí · as well as 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · the elderly

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM