論資排輩

论资排辈
lùnzīpáibèi

to give the highest priority to seniority (when deciding someone's duties or status)

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Entry Composition

=1 論 Lún abbr. for 論語 Lúnyǔ, The Analects (of Confucius)
=1 論 lùn
  1. opinion
  2. view
  3. theory
  4. doctrine
  5. to discuss
  6. to talk about
  7. to regard
  8. to consider
  9. per
  10. by the (kilometer, hour etc)
=1 論 lún
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to say directly or to the point
  2. a surname
  3. short for 論語／论语 (Lúnyǔ, “Lunyu; Analects”)
  4. to say directly or to the point
2 資 zī
  1. resources
  2. capital
  3. to provide
  4. to supply
  5. to support
  6. money
  7. expense
3 排 pái
  1. a row
  2. a line
  3. to set in order
  4. to arrange
  5. to line up
  6. to eliminate
  7. to drain
  8. to push open
  9. platoon
  10. raft
  11. classifier for lines, rows etc
4 輩 bèi
  1. lifetime
  2. generation
  3. group of people
  4. class
  5. classifier for generations
  6. (literary) classifier for people