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三从四德

sāncóngsìdé

Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son…

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德 dé, physical charm 容, propriety in s…

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 三从四德 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 三从四德 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我听见你替你老爷说媒来了。你倒也三从四德的,只是这贤惠也太过了。wǒ tīng jiàn nǐ tì nǐ lǎo yé shuō méi lái le。 nǐ dào yě sān cóng sì dé de, zhǐ shì zhè xián huì yě tài guò le。

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待妆个老实,学三从四德,争奈是匪妓,都三心二意,端的是那里是三梢末尾?dài zhuāng gè lǎo shí, xué sān cóng sì dé, zhēng nài shì fěi jì, dōu sān xīn èr yì, duān de shì nà lǐ shì sān shāo mò wěi?

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COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 三从四德.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 三从四德.

Directly before

  • 学三从四德1
  • 也三从四德1

Directly after

  • 三从四德的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 三从四德

What does 三从四德 mean in Chinese?

三从四德 (sāncóngsìdé) means Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son….

How do you pronounce 三从四德?

三从四德 is pronounced sāncóngsìdé.

Is 三从四德 an HSK word?

三从四德 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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