教父
jiào fù
Pinyin

Definition

教父
 - 
jiào fù
  1. godfather

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

教
Jiào
  1. 1 surname Jiao
教室
jiào shì
  1. 1 classroom
  2. 2 CL:間|间[jiān]
教育
jiào yù
  1. 1 to educate
  2. 2 to teach
  3. 3 education
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
父亲
fù qīn
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 also pr. [fù qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
佛教
Fó jiào
  1. 1 Buddhism
基督教
Jī dū jiào
  1. 1 Christianity
  2. 2 Christian
外教
wài jiào
  1. 1 foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师)
  2. 2 greenhorn
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 amateurish
  5. 5 religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
姑父
gū fu
  1. 1 father's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of paternal aunt
  3. 3 uncle
姨父
yí fu
  1. 1 husband of mother's sister
  2. 2 uncle
宗教
zōng jiào
  1. 1 religion
家教
jiā jiào
  1. 1 family education
  2. 2 upbringing
  3. 3 to bring sb up
  4. 4 private tutor
岳父
yuè fù
  1. 1 wife's father, father-in-law
师父
shī fu
  1. 1 used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 qualified worker
指教
zhǐ jiào
  1. 1 to give advice or comments
教主
jiào zhǔ
  1. 1 founder or leader of a religion or sect
  2. 2 (fig.) revered figure
教化
jiào huà
  1. 1 to enlighten
  2. 2 to civilize
  3. 3 to indoctrinate
  4. 4 to train (an animal)
教堂
jiào táng
  1. 1 church
  2. 2 chapel
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
教学
jiào xué
  1. 1 to teach
  2. 2 teaching and learning
  3. 3 education
  4. 4 CL:門|门[mén],個|个[gè]
教官
jiào guān
  1. 1 military instructor

Idioms (16)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
  1. 1 like father, like son (idiom)
杀彘教子
shā zhì jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
  1. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
画荻教子
huà dí jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)
  2. 2 mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
相夫教子
xiàng fū jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
  2. 2 the traditional roles of a good wife
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
  1. 1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
言传身教
yán chuán shēn jiào
  1. 1 to teach by words and example (idiom)
言教不如身教
yán jiào bù rú shēn jiào
  1. 1 Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy
身教胜于言教
shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào
  1. 1 teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom)
  2. 2 action speaks louder than words

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