filial piety

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.

Equivalents

Españolpiedad filial

Françaispiété filiale

Deutschkindliche Pietät

8 more languages

العربيةبِرّ اَلْوَالِدَيْن

Bahasa Indonesiaberbakti

日本語孝孝敬孝行孝道孝順親孝行

한국어효 효도 효심효행

Nederlandskinderlijke gehoorzaamheid

Portuguêspiedade filial

Русскийсыновняя почтительность

Tiếng Việthiệu hiếu hiếu thảo

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

filiality Filially filialness Filiași filiation Filiberto

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