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filial piety

filial piety noun: the virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.

Noun

filial piety (uncountable)

  1. The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.

filial piety meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

filial piety in Arabic

respect to one's parents and ancestors
بِرّ اَلْوَالِدَيْن birr al-wālidayn

filial piety in Indonesian

respect to one's parents and ancestors
berbakti

filial piety in Vietnamese

respect to one's parents and ancestors
lòng hiếu thảo, hiếu thảo, hiếu, chữ hiếu, hiếu thuận, hiếu tâm

Origin of filial piety

From filial + piety.

Questions about filial piety

What does filial piety mean?
Filial piety means the virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.
What is filial piety in Arabic?
Filial piety in Arabic is بِرّ اَلْوَالِدَيْن (birr al-wālidayn). See Filial piety meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is filial piety?
Filial piety is a noun.

Words near filial piety in the dictionary

  1. filgrastim
  2. Filgrave
  3. Filham
  4. Fili
  5. filial
  6. filial piety
  7. filiality
  8. filially
  9. filialness
  10. filiariasis
  11. filiarisis

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