1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
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 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
1 like father, like son (idiom)
荣宗耀祖
róng zōng yào zǔ
1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
2 also written 光宗耀祖
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
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 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
2 to sell oneself to the enemy
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