trung hiếu
Definition
- Noun:
- Loyalty and Filial Piety: A traditional Confucian virtue combining unwavering loyalty to one's sovereign, nation, or cause ("trung") with devoted respect and duty to one's parents ("hiếu"). It represents the core dual obligations of a virtuous person.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Lý tưởng sống của ông ấy là trung với nước, hiếu với dân. (His life's ideal was loyalty to the nation and devotion to the people.)
- Truyền thống trung hiếu là một giá trị quan trọng trong văn hóa Á Đông. (The tradition of loyalty and filial piety is an important value in East Asian culture.)
Advanced Usage
- The concept is often expanded in modern contexts to mean patriotism and familial duty, where "trung" signifies loyalty to the homeland or a just cause, and "hiếu" signifies care and responsibility towards one's family and ancestors.
- Người lính ấy là tấm gương sáng về lòng trung hiếu. (That soldier is a shining example of patriotism and familial duty.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trung thành (adj): loyal, faithful.
- Anh ấy là một người bạn trung thành. (He is a loyal friend.)
- Hiếu thảo (adj): filial, showing love and respect for parents.
- Cô ấy là một người con rất hiếu thảo. (She is a very filial child.)
Synonyms
- Loyalty and devotion: A close conceptual synonym focusing on steadfast commitment.
- Fealty and piety: Archaic English terms that closely mirror the historical dual meaning.
Related Concepts
- Đạo hiếu: The way of filial piety; the principle of fulfilling one's duties to parents.
- Đạo hiếu dạy ta phải kính trọng cha mẹ. (Filial piety teaches us to respect our parents.)
- Lòng trung: The heart of loyalty; loyalty as a sentiment and principle.
- Lòng trung của ông ấy không bao giờ thay đổi. (His loyalty never changed.)