1 the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor
2 see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[lǐ yì lián chǐ]
3 the four directions
4 the four limbs (Chinese medicine)
5 four-dimensional
Idioms (9)
咸与维新
xián yù wéi xīn
1 everyone participates in reforms (idiom)
2 to replace the old with new
3 to reform and start afresh
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
安于现状
ān yú xiàn zhuàng
1 to take things as they are (idiom)
2 to leave a situation as it is
3 to be happy with the status quo
步履维艰
bù lu:3 wéi jiān
1 to have difficulty walking (idiom)
2 to walk with difficulty
纤悉无遗
xiān xī wú yí
1 detailed and nothing left out (idiom); meticulous and comprehensive
2 not missing an iota
举步维艰
jǔ bù wéi jiān
1 to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
行行出状元
háng háng chū zhuàng yuán
1 lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma