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孝子

xiàozǐ·ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ

“filial son; person who serves parents with devotion; person in mourning for a parent; self-address by a child at a funeral; (slang) doting parent who spoils their child”

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孝

xiào·ㄒㄧㄠˋ

filial piety; devotion to parents; mourning clothes or rites; mourning rites; a surname

子

zǐ·ㄗˇ

Son; child; offspring; seed; noun suffix attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or classifiers; first of the twelve earthly branches; ancient Chinese compass point for north.