厚养薄葬
hòu yǎng bó zàng
Pinyin

Definition

厚养薄葬
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hòu yǎng bó zàng
  1. generous care but a thrifty funeral
  2. to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

厚
hòu
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 deep or profound
  3. 3 kind
  4. 4 generous
  5. 5 rich or strong in flavor
  6. 6 to favor
  7. 7 to stress
微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
薄
Bó
  1. 1 surname Bo
丰厚
fēng hòu
  1. 1 generous
  2. 2 ample
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions
厚实
hòu shi
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 substantial
  3. 3 sturdy
  4. 4 solid
厚度
hòu dù
  1. 1 thickness
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
厚脸皮
hòu liǎn pí
  1. 1 brazen
  2. 2 shameless
  3. 3 impudent
  4. 4 cheek
  5. 5 thick-skinned
厚道
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
厚重
hòu zhòng
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 thickset (body)
  4. 4 massive
  5. 5 generous
  6. 6 extravagant
  7. 7 profound
  8. 8 dignified
单薄
dān bó
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
  3. 3 thin
  4. 4 flimsy
埋葬
mái zàng
  1. 1 to bury
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
安葬
ān zàng
  1. 1 to bury (the dead)
宽厚
kuān hòu
  1. 1 tolerant
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 magnanimous
  4. 4 thick and broad (build)
  5. 5 thick and deep (voice)
忠厚
zhōng hòu
  1. 1 honest and considerate
憨厚
hān hou
  1. 1 simple and honest
  2. 2 straightforward
淡薄
dàn bó
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 light
  3. 3 flagging
  4. 4 faint
深厚
shēn hòu
  1. 1 deep
  2. 2 profound

Idioms (20)

刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
妄自菲薄
wàng zì fěi bó
  1. 1 to be unduly humble (idiom)
  2. 2 to undervalue oneself
得天独厚
dé tiān dú hòu
  1. 1 blessed by heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 enjoying exceptional advantages
  3. 3 favored by nature
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
  1. 1 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
日薄崦嵫
rì bó Yān zī
  1. 1 lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the day is drawing to an end
  3. 3 the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
未可厚非
wèi kě hòu fēi
  1. 1 not to be censured too strictly (idiom)
  2. 2 not altogether inexcusable
  3. 3 understandable
深情厚意
shēn qíng hòu yì
  1. 1 profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
  1. 1 poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
  2. 2 destitute
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
葬玉埋香
zàng yù mái xiāng
  1. 1 lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
衣单食薄
yī dān shí bó
  1. 1 thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
  2. 2 destitute
轻口薄舌
qīng kǒu bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
  1. 1 (idiom) frivolous

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