Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Filial and obedient: "Hiếu thuận" describes the quality of being a good child who shows love, respect, and obedience to one's parents and elders.
   • Harmonious among siblings: It also implies living in harmony and showing proper respect and affection among brothers and sisters.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Con cái phải hiếu thuận với cha mẹ. (Children must be filial and obedient to their parents.)
  • Gia đình ấy rất hiếu thuận, anh chị em hòa thuận với nhau. (That family is very harmonious; the siblings live in concord with each other.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lòng hiếu thuận": filial piety and obedience (as a concept or sentiment).

  • Lòng hiếu thuận là nền tảng của đạo đức. (Filial piety is the foundation of morality.)

• "Đạo hiếu thuận": the way or principle of filial piety and fraternal duty.

  • Sách ấy dạy về đạo hiếu thuận. (That book teaches about the principle of filial piety.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hiếu đễ: (a near-synonym, often used in classical texts) Filial piety towards parents and respect for elder siblings.

  • Người con hiếu đễ là niềm tự hào của gia đình. (A filial and fraternal child is the pride of the family.)

• Hiếu thảo: (more common in modern usage) Filial, devoted, and loving to parents. It focuses more on the parent-child relationship.

  • Cô ấy là một người con rất hiếu thảo. (She is a very filial daughter.)

Synonyms

• Có hiếu: having filial piety.
• Hiếu kính: showing filial respect and reverence.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Trung hiếu vẹn toàn: (Idiom) To be perfect in both loyalty (to the country) and filial piety (to parents).

  • Ông ấy là tấm gương trung hiếu vẹn toàn. (He is a model of perfect loyalty and filial piety.)

• Hiếu tử: (Noun, classical) A filial son.

  • Câu chuyện về người hiếu tử cảm động lòng người. (The story of the filial son touches people's hearts.)

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