- compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
- mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
Characters
- 仁 (仁): humane; kernel
- 义 (義): surname Yi; (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
- 道 (道): road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 德 (德): Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 仁义道德
- MDBG: 仁义道德
- Examples with 仁义道德 on Tatoeba
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