英和和英

読み方 ちゅう

名詞

Loyalty, fidelity, truth, duty （to one's master）:（形容詞に用いれば）loyal, faithful, true （to one's master）

用例

• 忠を尽せ
  Be loyal to your sovereign!
  Be faithful to your master!
  Be true to your country!

• 君には忠、親には孝なれ
  Be faithful to your lord, and obedient to your father.
• 忠ならんと欲せば孝ならず、孝なからんと欲せば忠ならず
  If I do my duty to my lord, I shall fail in my duty to my father; if I do my duty to my father, I shall fail in my duty to my lord.
• 職務に忠
  to be faithful to one's duties
• 主義に忠
  to be true to one's colours
• 大姦は忠に似たり
  A foul heart is often found under a fair form
  A fair form is often found to conceal a foul heart.