"Noble" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
 guì expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your
 gāo guì grandeur / noble
 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
 jīn guì high-born / noble / aristocratic / conceited
 jūn zǐ nobleman / person of noble character
 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits
 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied
 shì zǐ crown prince / heir of a noble house
 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom) / the great and the good
 zhī lán lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
 gāo fēng liàng jié of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
鸿 hóng hú swan / person with noble aspirations
 qì guàn cháng hóng spirit reaches to the rainbow / full of noble aspiration and daring
 shān gāo shuǐ cháng high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom) / fig. noble and far-reaching
 cài allotment to a feudal noble
 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements
 ào a noble steed (literary) / (of a horse) untamed / (fig.) (of a person) headstrong / Taiwan pr. [ao2]
 zōu groom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)
 háo qíng zhuàng zhì lofty ideals / noble aspirations
 xī yǒu qì tǐ rare gas / noble gas (chemistry)
 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
 duò xìng qì tǐ inert gas / noble gas (chemistry)
 lán ài tóng fén lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom) / fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common / the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
 dà jiā guī xiù girl from a wealthy family / unmarried daughter of a noble house
 dà xiá knight / swordsman / noble warrior / chivalrous hero
 hóu mén noble house
 shì zhòu hereditary house / noble or official family
 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle
 bā zhèng dao the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
 sì shèng dì the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) / see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]
 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
 nu:3 gōng zǐ noble lady / (honorific) your daughter
 zūn xián ài wù to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
 jié cāo unimpeachable conduct / noble behavior / spotless personal integrity
 jiǎ dì residence of a noble / top candidate in the imperial examinations
 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
 huá zú noble family / of Chinese ancestry
 líng zú lit. zero group / another word for the inert or noble gases 惰性氣體|惰性气体
 tài fū rén (old) dowager / old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
  Noble Hardwoods Network
  noble hardwood
 guāng fēng jì yuè lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
 sǐ jié to die or be martyred for a noble cause / to be faithful unto death
 shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
 bā zhèng dào the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
 shí hú noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)
 jiān jiā yǐ yù shù lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom) / fig. the lowly associating with the noble / the weak seeking help from the strong
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