| 慎终追远 |
shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn |
to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites |
| 慎 |
shèn |
careful / cautious |
| 慎 |
shèn |
old variant of 慎 |
| 终 |
zhōng |
end / finish |
| 追 |
duī |
to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) |
| 追 |
zhuī |
to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously |
| 远 |
yuǎn |
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) |
| 远 |
yuàn |
to distance oneself from (classical) |