English Explanatory Dictionary

filial piety

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

filial piety

Etymology

From filial + piety.

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