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三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
Definitions
- •three principles and five virtues (idiom)
- •the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)