Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 君

monarch
lord
gentleman
ruler

the monarch and his ministers
tribal chief

royal title

regicide
to commit regicide

sovereign king

my late father
my ancestors
the late emperor

my husband and master (archaic)
playboy of rich family
pimp

the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)

(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell

monarch

Gentlemen! (start of a speech)
Ladies and Gentlemen!

(honorific) your father

Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology

heir apparent to a throne

nobleman
person of noble character

Grand Hyatt (hotel brand)

a ruler and his ministers (old)

Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC

monarchical power

sage

tyrant
despot

Junshan district of Yueyang city 岳陽／岳阳 ( Yuèyáng), Hunan

Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism

the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology)

monarch
sovereign

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
also written 灶神

Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川／铜川 ( Tóngchuān), Shaanxi

incapable ruler

hypocrite

Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC

homosexual (positive term)

monarchy

Wáng Zhāojūn

Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝／汉元帝 ( Hàn Yuándì), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 (sìdàměinü)

opium eater
drug addict
chain smoker

Shāng Jūn Shū

The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC

scarlet kafir lily
Clivia miniata (botany)

Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川／铜川 ( Tóngchuān), Shaanxi

Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國／赵国

Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol

recluse
hermit
used for homophone 癮君子／瘾君子, opium addict

Junshan district of Yueyang city 岳陽／岳阳 ( Yuèyáng), Hunan

Mèngchángjūn

Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress

monarchy
sovereign state

liángshàngjūnzǐ

lit. the gentleman on the roof beam
fig. a thief

Huǒdéxīngjūn

spirit of the planet Mars

jūnzhǔzhèngzhì

monarchy

zhōngjūn'àiguó

(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country

virtuous gentleman (idiom)

jūnzǐzhījiāo

friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ))

kāimíngjūnzhǔ

enlightened sovereign

qījūnwǎngshàng

to dupe one's sovereign

rénrénjūnzǐ

people of good will (idiom); charitable person

rúyìlángjūn

ideal husband; Mr. Right

qǐngjūnrùwèng

lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine

jūnzhǔzhèngtǐ

monarchy
autocracy

bīnbīnjūnzǐ

refined gentleman

zhèngrénjūnzi

upright gentleman
man of honor

zhuānzhìjūnzhǔzhì

专制君主制

[專制君主制]

absolute monarchy
autocracy

Wùxū Liùjūnzǐ

戊戌六君子

[戊戌六君子]

the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同／谭嗣同 ( Tán Sìtóng), Lin Xu 林旭 ( Lín Xù), Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀／杨深秀 ( Yáng Shēnxiù), Liu Guangdi 劉光第／刘光第 ( Liú Guāngdì), Kang Guangren 康廣仁／康广仁 ( Kāng Guǎngrén) and Yang Rui 楊銳／杨锐 ( Yáng Ruì)

shìxíjūnzhǔguó

世袭君主国

[世襲君主國]

hereditary monarchy

bànjūnrúbànhǔ

伴君如伴虎

[伴君如伴虎]

being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)

Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo

君士坦丁堡

[君士坦丁堡]

Constantinople, capital of Byzantium

jūnzhǔlìxiànzhì

君主立宪制

[君主立憲制]

constitutional monarchy

jūnzǐyuànpáochú

君子远庖厨

[君子遠庖廚]

lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen

yǒuchóubùbàofēijūnzǐ

有仇不报非君子

[有仇不報非君子]

a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

jūnzǐzhījiāodànrúshuǐ

君子之交淡如水

[君子之交淡如水]

a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ))

jūnzǐdòngkǒubùdòngshǒu

君子动口不动手

[君子動口不動手]

a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist

shājūnmǎzhědàopáng'ér

杀君马者道旁儿

[殺君馬者道旁兒]

lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion)
fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on

jūnzǐbùjìxiǎorénguò

君子不计小人过

[君子不計小人過]

see 大人不記小人過／大人不记小人过 (dàrénbùjìxiǎorénguò)

jūnzǐyīyán,sìmǎnánzhuī

君子一言，驷马难追

[君子一言，駟馬難追]

a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

jūnzibàochóu,shíniánbùwǎn

君子报仇，十年不晚

[君子報仇，十年不晚]

lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
fig. revenge is a dish best served cold

yǐxiǎorénzhīxīn,duójūnzǐzhīfù

以小人之心，度君子之腹

[以小人之心，度君子之腹]

to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

jūnzitǎndàngdàng,xiǎorénchángqīqī

君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚

[君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚]

good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked

tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū

听君一席话，胜读十年书

[聽君一席話，勝讀十年書]

listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

yǒuchóubùbàofēijūnzǐ,yǒuyuānbùshēnwǎngwéirén

有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人

[有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人]

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)