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Meanings of filial piety in English

Russian
сыновняя почтительность
Portuguese
piedade filial
Spanish
xiao
Catalan
xiao

Confucian virtue.

        сыновняя почтительность
        Synonyms
        Examples for "xiao"
        Examples for "xiao"
        1
        Yet Xiao said China's timber output would not be seriously affected overall.
        Reuters
        2
        I might even get to see Mei Ling and Xiao En again.
        Existence
        3
        Xiao claimed in the newspaper ad to be a Canadian passport holder.
        Reuters
        4
        I would like you to meet Ivy Xiao, commander of this installation.
        Seveneves
        5
        Xiao, an options trading veteran, first joined Goldman 15 years ago.
        Reuters
        1
        You know what it says about honouring parents.
        Divers Women
        Usage of filial piety in English
        1
        He was largely gifted with filial piety, which is everything in China.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 / A Magazine...
        2
        According to Diodorus of Sicily, embalmment originated in filial piety and respect.
        An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American In...
        3
        But that filial piety is weakening as younger generations migrate to cities.
        The Guardian
        4
        No wonder that Confucius found filial piety beyond his powers of definition.
        The Civilization of China
        5
        Would filial piety even dream of consenting to obey such an order?
        Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
        6
        The filial piety of Pope was in the highest degree amiable and exemplary.
        Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
        7
        Another example of filial piety has been furnished by the dove.
        Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series
        8
        The one thing that is characteristic of a Chinaman is his filial piety.
        By the Golden Gate; Or, San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pac...
        9
        This is, so to speak, our supreme act of filial piety.
        Last and First Men
        10
        Nevertheless her filial piety was at that moment a touching sight.
        The Tavern Knight
        11
        Her filial piety gives her dreadful faith in a father's curses.
        Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
        12
        Louis was a model of conjugal fidelity, as well as of filial piety.
        A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2
        13
        She showed herself, however, a pattern of filial piety and obedience.
        The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
        14
        Politics, religion, literature, government, all rest upon the broad principle of filial piety.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 / A Magazine...
        15
        You may judge by this what this son's filial piety effected.
        Tales of Old Japan
        16
        Their blessing, seen in his prosperity, was the natural result of his filial piety.
        The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry / From the Sacred Books of the...
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        Portuguese
        piedade filial
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