{"path":"/entry/42342","title":"慎终追远 / 慎終追遠 (shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"慎终追远 / 慎終追遠 (shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn): to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":42342,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["慎终追远"],"TRADITIONAL":["慎終追遠"]}},"phonetic":"shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn","phoneticKey":"shen4 zhong1 zhui1 yuan3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 1 (《論語·學而》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"曾子曰：「慎终追远，民德归厚矣。」","traditional":"曾子曰：「慎終追遠，民德歸厚矣。」"},"phonetic":"Zēngzǐ yuē: “Shènzhōngzhuīyuǎn, mín dé guī hòu yǐ.”","english":"The philosopher Zeng said, \"Let there be a careful attention to perform the funeral rites to parents, and let them be followed when long gone with the ceremonies of sacrifice - then the virtue of the people will resume its proper excellence.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}