Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    literally teacher for one day, father for ever

    yī
    一
    rì
    日
    wéi
    为
    shī
    师
    ，
    zhōng
    终
    shēn
    身
    wéi
    为
    fù
    父
    一日为师，终身为父
    yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    日
    rì
    sun / day / date, day of the month / abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
    为
    wéi
    as / as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / variant of 為|为[wéi]
    wèi
    for / to / because of / variant of 為|为[wèi], because of
    师
    shī
    teacher / master / expert / model / army division / to dispatch troops / (old) troops / surname Shi
    终
    zhōng
    end / finish
    身
    shēn
    body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
    为
    wéi
    as / as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / variant of 為|为[wéi]
    wèi
    for / to / because of / variant of 為|为[wèi], because of
    父
    fù
    father
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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    John A Perazzo
    Dienstag, 24. Januar 2017 at 07:02:37

    Thank you.

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