齒德俱尊
chǐ​dé​jù​zūn

honorable in age and virtue

  • created reference approved 齿德俱尊/齒德俱尊 → 年高德尊 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    齿德俱尊 / 齒德俱尊 chǐ​dé​jù​zūn

    年高德尊 nián​gāo​dé​zūn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 齿德俱尊/齒德俱尊 · chǐ​dé​jù​zūn · honorable in age and virtue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    齿德俱尊 / 齒德俱尊

    chǐ​dé​jù​zūn

    honorable in age and virtue

    honorable both in age and virtue; a respectful phrase often used in birthday greetings for elderly people to indicate that their age and character are both worthy of great respect

    齿 (literal) → 齿/齒 · chǐ · age 德 (literal) → 德 · dé · virtue 俱 (literal) → 俱 · jù · all 尊 (literal) → 尊 · zūn · to respect

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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