chữ hiếu

chữ hiếu

Người con trai thể hiện chữ hiếu bằng cách pha trà cho mẹ.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Filial piety: The fundamental Confucian virtue of respect, obedience, and care that children owe to their parents and ancestors. It is a cornerstone of traditional Vietnamese morality and social order.
    • The concept of filial duty: The set of moral principles and obligations concerning the proper relationship between children and their parents.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • "Chữ hiếu" một giá trị đạo đức quan trọng trong văn hóa Việt Nam. ("Chữ hiếu" is an important moral value in Vietnamese culture.)
    • Anh ấy luôn thể hiện "chữ hiếu" bằng cách chăm sóc cha mẹ chu đáo. (He always demonstrates "chữ hiếu" by taking meticulous care of his parents.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Trăm thiện chữ hiếu đứng đầu": A proverb meaning "Of a hundred virtues, filial piety is the foremost." It emphasizes the supreme importance of this virtue.

    • Người xưa câu: "Trăm thiện chữ hiếu đứng đầu". (The ancients had a saying: "Of a hundred virtues, filial piety is the foremost.")
  • "Thờ cha kính mẹ trọn đời chữ hiếu": A line from poetry or moral teachings meaning "Serve your father and revere your mother, fulfill 'chữ hiếu' for a lifetime."

    • Câu ca dao dạy: "Thờ cha kính mẹ trọn đời chữ hiếu". (The folk poem teaches: "Serve your father and revere your mother, fulfill 'chữ hiếu' for a lifetime.")
Variants and Related Words
  • Hiếu thảo (adj): Filial; showing filial piety. This is the adjectival form.

    • ấy một người con rất hiếu thảo. (She is a very filial child.)
  • Hiếu đễ (n): Filial piety and fraternal duty. This term combines respect for parents with respect for elder siblings.

    • Gia đình ấy rất coi trọng lễ giáo "hiếu đễ". (That family highly values the principles of "filial piety and fraternal duty".)
  • Hiếu nghĩa (n): Filial piety and righteousness. A broader term encompassing piety and moral righteousness.

    • Câu chuyện ca ngợi tấm lòng hiếu nghĩa của người con. (The story praises the child's heart of "filial piety and righteousness".)
Synonyms
  • Lòng hiếu thảo: Filial devotion/affection.
  • Đạo hiếu: The way/path of filial piety.
  • Tình hiếu tử: Filial sentiment (a more literary term).
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • Vẹn chữ hiếu: To fulfill/complete one's filial duty perfectly.

    • Anh ấy luôn cố gắng làm tròn bổn phận để vẹn chữ hiếu. (He always tries to fulfill his duties perfectly to complete his filial piety.)
  • Mang tội bất hiếu: To bear the guilt/sin of being unfilial.

    • Trong quan niệm xưa, không chăm sóc cha mẹ già mang tội bất hiếu. (In traditional观念, not taking care of elderly parents was considered bearing the guilt of being unfilial.)
  • Trọn đạo hiếu: To fulfill the way of filial piety throughout one's life (similar to "vẹn chữ hiếu").

    • Suốt đời, ông ấy đã sống để trọn đạo hiếu với song thân. (Throughout his life, he lived to completely fulfill the way of filial piety towards his parents.)