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孝顺 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety
孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
四德 four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
孝悌 xiào filial piety and fraternal duty
二十四孝 Èr shí Xiào the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
xiào filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel
十三经 Shí sān jīng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]
百善孝为先 bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
愚孝 xiào unquestioning filial piety
孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents
反哺 fǎn to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
虔信 qián xìn piety / devotion (to a religion) / pious (believer) / devout
尝粪 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb; to kiss ass
孝经 Xiào jīng Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
孝悌忠信 xiào zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
丧棒 sāng bàng funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)
跪乳 guì (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety)
哭丧棒 sāng bàng mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
乌鸟私情 niǎo qíng lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety


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