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孝 xiào

filial piety, obedience; mourning

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 5
Radical
子
Type
Ideograph
Made of 耂子 ⿸耂子

Memory hint: A young man 子 carrying an older man 耂

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  1. 他是一个很孝顺的儿子。
    Tā shì yí ge hěn xiàoshùn de érzi.
    He is a very filial son.
    he is one (measure) very filial (particle) son
  2. 你觉得孝顺父母重要吗？
    Nǐ juéde xiàoshùn fùmǔ zhòngyào ma?
    Do you think being filial to your parents is important?
    you think filial parents important (question)
  3. 我们应该多孝顺父母。
    Wǒmen yīnggāi duō xiàoshùn fùmǔ.
    We should be more filial to our parents.
    we should more filial parents
  4. 他从来不孝顺自己的父母。
    Tā cónglái bú xiàoshùn zìjǐ de fùmǔ.
    He has never been filial to his own parents.
    he ever-since not filial self (particle) parents
  5. 在中国文化里，孝顺是很重要的美德。
    Zài Zhōngguó wénhuà li, xiàoshùn shì hěn zhòngyào de měidé.
    In Chinese culture, filial piety is a very important virtue.
    at China culture in, filial is very important (particle) virtue

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