侯孝贤

侯 hóu #9,346

marquis (noble title) / Hou (Chinese surname)

孝道 xiàodào #65,079

filial piety (Confucian virtue) / the way of honoring one's parents

忠孝 zhōngxiào #64,188

loyalty and filial piety / loyalty to ruler and devotion to parents

贤 xián #7,723

virtuous; worthy; talented / a person of virtue or talent

阿孝 āXiào #32,297

A-Hsiao / A-Xiao (familiar nickname formed with the prefix 阿- attached to the name-character 孝 'filial'; common in southern China and Taiwan)

见贤思齐 jiànxiánsīqí

on seeing a worthy person, think of matching them / to emulate those who are virtuous / to strive to be like admirable people

求贤若渴 qiúxiánruòkě

to seek the talented as if parched for water / to eagerly recruit capable people

弟子入则孝 dìzǐrùzéxiào

when at home, the disciple is filial / (fig.) the Confucian first duty: be filial to parents before all else / (lit.) disciple, when-entering (home), then filial

费孝通 FèiXiàotōng

Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), pioneering Chinese sociologist and anthropologist, author of From the Soil (乡土中国) and Peasant Life in China

奉贤 Fèngxián

Fengxian District (Shanghai)