Lu Zijing or Lu Su 鲁肃 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 东吴
diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
1. please excuse me for not complying2. to politely decline
(idiom) to respect people of virtue and show courtesy to scholars
respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
恭敬不如从命 恭敬不如從命 gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng 1. deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)2. (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
敬鬼神而远之 敬鬼神而遠之 jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ 1. lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)2. fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
variant of 毕恭毕敬[bì gōng bì jìng]
term of respect; polite expression
Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛[lǐ zhàn], reigned 825-827
Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[yě sǒu pù yán] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
1. Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up)2. Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:203. Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
to burn incense in prayer to a God
1. universally admired2. highly esteemed by everyone