"Nobility" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 guì zú lord / nobility / nobleman / noblewoman / aristocrat / aristocracy
 jué ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility
 guì rén nobility / person of high rank
 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific)
 jué wèi order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° / (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)
 wáng sūn children of the nobility
 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
 fēng jué to confer a title / to ennoble / to knight / title of nobility
 hào qì vast spirit / nobility of spirit
 nán male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
 hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official
 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)
 jiā guān jìn jué promotion to the nobility (idiom)
 cāng sōng cuì bǎi evergreen pine and cypress (idiom) / steadfast nobility
 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
 wǔ děng jué wèi five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
 jìn jué to join the nobility / to rise through the nobility
 jué lù rank and emolument of nobility
 tān jué mù wèi to be greedy for nobility and admire social position (idiom)
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