节操

節操

jiécāo

noun #38,512

Meanings

1 integrity, moral principle
2 (slang) standards, dignity

Characters

principle, restraint

conduct, discipline

Examples

一个有节操的人不会做这种事。

Yī gè yǒu jiécāo de rén bù huì zuò zhè zhǒng shì.

A person with integrity wouldn't do this sort of thing.

为了点钱连节操都不要了？

Wèile diǎn qián lián jiécāo dōu bù yào le?

You'd throw away your dignity for a little money?

Tips

culture

Originally Confucian vocabulary for a scholar's moral firmness under pressure. Since ~2012 internet use has flipped it into self-mocking slang: 节操碎了一地 (my standards are shattered on the floor) = 'I've sold out all dignity.'

Stroke Order

节 jié

操 cāo