filial piety

English

Etymology

filial + piety

Noun

filial piety (uncountable)

  1. The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the East Asian cultural sphere.

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