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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- filial ['fɪljəl]
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1.
adj
of, resembling, or suitable to a son or daughter
- filial affection
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2.
adj
[genetics]
F designating any of the generations following the parental generation; F1 indicates the first filial generation, F2 the second, etc
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3.
adj
[Etymology]
C15: from Late Latin f
i lia lis, from Latin fi lius son
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1.
adj
of, resembling, or suitable to a son or daughter
Examples
- filial devotion
- 孝心 → filial
- first filial generation
- 子一代(简写F 1 ) → filial
- second filial generation
- 子二代(简写F 2 ) → filial
- filial duty → duty
- filial affection → filial
- 尽孝
- be filial to one's parents; be a filial son (or daughter) → 孝
- 《孝经》
- The Classic of Filial Piety → 经
- 尽孝道
- fulfil one's filial duty to one's parents → 孝道
- 她对父母十分孝顺。
- She is extremely filial towards her parents . → 孝顺
- 忠孝不能两全。
- Loyalty and filial piety do not always complement each other. → 忠孝
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