先敬羅衣後敬人

See also: 先敬罗衣后敬人

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	man; person; people
trad. (先敬羅衣後敬人)		先	敬	羅衣	後	敬	人
simp. (先敬罗衣后敬人)		先	敬	罗衣	后	敬	人
Literally: “first respect the silky clothes, then respect the man”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān jìng luóyī hòu jìng rén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄧ ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ ging³ lo⁴ ji¹ hau⁶ ging³ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān jìng luóyī hòu jìng rén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄧ ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian jìng luóyi hòu jìng rén
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹ ching⁴ lo²-i¹ hou⁴ ching⁴ jên²
    • Yale: syān jìng lwó-yī hòu jìng rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian jinq luoi how jinq ren
    • Palladius: сянь цзин лои хоу цзин жэнь (sjanʹ czin loi xou czin žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ i⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ ging³ lo⁴ ji¹ hau⁶ ging³ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīn ging lòh yī hauh ging yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ ging³ lo⁴ ji¹ hau⁶ ging³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ ging³ lo⁴ yi¹ heo⁶ ging³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³³ lɔː²¹ jiː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² kɪŋ³³ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

先敬羅衣後敬人

1. to judge a person by their clothes
2. fine clothes open all doors