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to respect

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Pinyin

zun1 zūn

Meaning


Primary

to respect

Alternatives

respect, respects, respecting, respected, to venerate, venerate, venerates, venerating

Mnemonic


[zu-] Zeus is in [1] front of the [-(e)n] infirmary wearing 丷 horns made of the top of 酉 bottles and holding a 寸 caliper. Sometimes a doctor or nurse will prostrate themselves before him, 尊 respecting his godly glory. Zeus stands there in the infirmary garden, smug and full of self-尊 respect.

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