奉养
fèng yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

奉养
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fèng yǎng
  1. to look after (elderly parents)
  2. to serve
  3. to support

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奉上
fèng shàng
  1. 1 to offer
奉献
fèng xiàn
  1. 1 to offer respectfully
  2. 2 to consecrate
  3. 3 to dedicate
  4. 4 to devote
供奉
gòng fèng
  1. 1 to consecrate
  2. 2 to enshrine and worship
  3. 3 an offering (to one's ancestors)
  4. 4 a sacrifice (to a God)
信奉
xìn fèng
  1. 1 belief
  2. 2 to believe (in sth)
奉
fèng
  1. 1 to offer (tribute)
  2. 2 to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc)
  3. 3 to esteem
  4. 4 to revere
  5. 5 to believe in (a religion)
  6. 6 to wait upon
  7. 7 to accept orders (from superior)
奉劝
fèng quàn
  1. 1 may I offer a bit of advice
奉化
Fèng huà
  1. 1 Fenghua county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Níng bō], Zhejiang
奉命
fèng mìng
  1. 1 to receive orders
  2. 2 to follow orders
  3. 3 to act under orders
奉天
Fèng tiān
  1. 1 old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
奉承
fèng cheng
  1. 1 to fawn on
  2. 2 to flatter
  3. 3 to ingratiate oneself
  4. 4 flattery
奉旨
fèng zhǐ
  1. 1 on imperial orders
奉行
fèng xíng
  1. 1 to pursue (a course, a policy)
奉贤
Fèng xián
  1. 1 Fengxian suburban district of Shanghai
奉送
fèng sòng
  1. 1 (honorific) to give
奉还
fèng huán
  1. 1 to return with thanks
  2. 2 to give back (honorific)
奉陪
fèng péi
  1. 1 (honorific) to accompany
  2. 2 to keep sb company
事奉
shì fèng
  1. 1 to serve
侍奉
shì fèng
  1. 1 to wait upon
  2. 2 to serve
  3. 3 to attend to sb's needs
奉公
fèng gōng
  1. 1 to pursue public affairs
奉公守法
fèng gōng shǒu fǎ
  1. 1 to carry out official duties and observe the law

Idioms (9)

克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
奉公克己
fèng gōng kè jǐ
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
奉为圭臬
fèng wéi guī niè
  1. 1 to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
奉若神明
fèng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
  2. 2 to worship
  3. 3 to deify
  4. 4 to make a holy cow of sth
  5. 5 to put sb on a pedestal
无可奉告
wú kě fèng gào
  1. 1 (idiom) "no comment"
自奉俭约
zì fèng jiǎn yuē
  1. 1 to live frugally (idiom)
自奉甚俭
zì fèng shèn jiǎn
  1. 1 to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures (idiom)
阿谀奉承
ē yú fèng chéng
  1. 1 flattering and fawning (idiom)
  2. 2 sweet-talking
阳奉阴违
yáng fèng yīn wéi
  1. 1 outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service
  2. 2 to agree overtly, but oppose in secret

Sample Sentences

其实奉养父母体现的是一种懂得饮水思源、知恩图报的基本德行，这是为什么“不孝”在中国社会被视为一种无德而遭受批判，但孝行必须发自内心，否则意义不大。除此之外，孝道还有更深一层的意义，就是不使父母蒙羞。
qíshí fèngyǎng fùmǔ tǐxiàn de shì yīzhǒng dǒngde yǐnshuǐsīyuán 、zhīēntúbal4 de jīběn déxing ，zhè shì wèishénme “bù xiào ”zài Zhōngguó shèhuì bèi shì wèi yīzhǒng wú dé ér zāoshòu pīpàn ，dàn xiàoxíng bìxū fāzì nèixīn ，fǒuzé yìyì bùdà 。chú cǐ zhīwài ，xiàodào háiyǒu gèng shēn yī céng de yìyì ，jiùshì bù shǐ fùmǔ méngxiū 。
Actually looking after your parents embodies the virtues of knowing which side your bread is buttered on and to repaying kindnesses done to you. This is why being "unfilial" is a criticism suffered by those that are seen to be without virtue, but filial behavior should come from the heart, otherwise it doesn't mean much. Apart from this, filial piety has a deeper level of significance, which is to not let your parents shame.
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我明白，中国人都觉得，孩子小的时候父母含辛茹苦地抚养孩子长大成人，所以父母老了，孩子就应该承担起奉养父母的责任，不然就会被社会指责。
wǒ míngbai ，Zhōngguórén dōu juéde ，háizi xiǎo de shíhou fùmǔ hánxīnrúkǔ de fǔyǎng háizi zhǎngdà chéngrén ，suǒyǐ fùmǔ lǎo le ，háizi jiù yīnggāi chéngdān qǐ fèngyǎng fùmǔ de zérèn ，bùrán jiù huì bèi shèhuì zhǐzé 。
I understand. Chinese people all think, when children are young their parents make a lot of sacrifices to raise their children well, so when the parents get old, children should take on the responsibility for looking after their parents, otherwise they will be castigated by society.
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原来孝道并不是只有奉养父母那么简单，既要考虑基本的道德原则，又必须在不同的情况下做出正确的判断。
yuánlái xiàodào bìngbùshì zhǐyǒu fèngyǎng fùmǔ nàme jiǎndān ，jì yào kǎolǜ jīběn de dàodé yuánzé ，yòu bìxū zài bùtóng de qíngkuàng xià zuòchū zhèngquè de pànduàn 。
I never knew that filial piety was not just as simple as looking after your parents, in that you have to consider basic moral principles, and that you have to make the correct judgment in different situations.
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