昏定晨省

Traditional form:

昏定晨省

Pinyin (reading):

hūndìngchénxǐng

Definitions:

• seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)

Characters:

• 昏 - dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
• 定 - to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
• 晨 - dawn, early morning
• 省 - province; frugal; to save, to leave out

Traditional characters:

• 昏 - dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
• 定 - to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
• 晨 - dawn, early morning
• 省 - province; frugal; to save, to leave out