filial duty

collocation in English

meaningsoffilialandduty

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filial
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪl.i.əl/us
/ˈfɪl.i.əl/
of a son ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition offilialanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffilial duty

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Phone calls made fromfilialdutycould be dispiriting in the absence of visits.
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Thefilialdutyto go to bed could thus remain intact, albeit nonvalidated (and even punished) as a matter of state law.
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Thefilialdutyto obey remains intact as a matter of morality, religion, custom, and the like.
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Very often they regard it as theirfilialdutyto do so.
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They believe that this is afilialdutywhich they must carry out.
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I should hesitate to lecture other people on theirfilialdutyin this sort of circumstance.
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We talk aboutfilialduty, but we should not batten on thefilialdutyof a few.
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If they do so, they are motivated no longer byfilialdutybut by a desire for personal consumption.
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We should ratefilialdutyhigh, and parental duty high.
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There has been a decline throughout the nation infilialduty, just as there has been in family life.
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Indeed, she would have been failing in herfilialdutyif, with memories of her father, she had not given us the benefit of her views.
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Filialdutyrequires the desire to be filial, and not just the act of filial piety.
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This idea is the quittessence offilialduty.
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In other cultures, the purpose of ancestor veneration is not to ask for favors but to do one'sfilialduty.
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When her father died at age 91, she was released of domestic and filial duties and began to travel the world to record her observations.
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As the oldest son, he had to fulfill his filial duties and responsibilities of the family.
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He did not pay much attention to affairs of state, and was accused of failing in his filial duties to his dead father by not continuing his father's wishes.
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If no offering is made, they will return to their places disappointed, and the descendant misses their blessings which he would have received, if he had performed his filial duties.
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