idiom : common saying > Obedience is better than politeness
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Respectful than from life
  Explanation: Kind words. Is used in each of their own kind, although not dare, but not disobedience.
  Usage: Complex sentence; for clause; guest stereotyped
  Source: Ning Song like "Shoot spectrum miscellaneous said": "Regardless of smell and regret, pity the bride times. It is also saying said: respectful than from life, training nurturing from the view."
  Examples: Grandaunt, both classic and so ordered it, ~, after all, sit down and wait a good talk. (Qing, Culture and Sport "Heroic Biography" Fourteenth back)
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  Obeyed, said compliance is the most respectful; modest words, obeyed, from life
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Courtesy to their attitude, than follow the views of others
  Courtesy to their attitude, as to comply with the views of others. Used for the acceptance of hospitality or gifts other words when entertaining. Song Zan Ning, "said Bamboo Miscellaneous spectrum": "Xi You bride, not Jiugu Italy ... ... Regardless of the 1st Suimu and cable bamboo soup, cook for the women's answer. Zhouli asked I said: 'this La months, where demand Shoot? 'wife said:' and should be expensive to reverse along busy movement of responsibility for our ears, in fact shoots where the demand. 'No matter heard and regret, times pity the bride. it is also saying said: deferential than from life, training slots from smooth. " Yuan Guan Hanqing "Jade Mirror" First off: "[is the end of cloud] Old Dear husband of the Kau Yi, Help children to dare to take! [Mrs. Cloud] degree off him, respectful than from life." Ming Zhou Lvjing "Jin Jian note on behalf of the selected ":" Miss, respectful than from life. "" Twenty years have witnessed the strange status quo, "the fourth two back:" If old Aunt Fen Fu, than from the life of the respectful. "
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No. 4
  成语 恭敬不如从命
  发音 gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  解释 客套话。多用在对方对自己客气,虽不敢当,但不好违命。
  出处 清·文康《儿女英雄传》第十四回:“姑奶奶,既老爷这等吩咐,恭敬不如从命,毕竟侍候坐下好说话。”
  用 法 复句式;作分句;作客套话
  示 例 清·吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》第42回:“既然老伯母吩咐,就~了。”
  【出处】典出(清·杜文澜《古谣谚·卷四十二·人为孝妇谚二则· 笋谱》):“昔有新妇,不得舅姑意。 姑一日岁暮而索笋羹,妇答即煮送上。妯娌问之曰:‘今腊月中,何处求笋?’妇曰:‘且应为贵,以顺攘逆责耳,其实何处求笋。’姑闻而后悔,倍怜新妇。故又谚曰:‘腊月煮笋羹,大人道便是; 恭敬不如从命,受训莫如从顺。’”
  【用例】(元·王实甫《西厢记·第二本·第三折》): “红唱[收尾]先生休作谦,夫人专意等。常言道:‘恭敬不如从命’,休使得梅香再来请。”
  【解说】昔有一妇,新近过门,未得公婆遂意。一日年终,家婆忽求笋羹,新妇即应即煮,未几送上。兄嫂弟妇皆问曰:“今腊月之中,何处觅得嫩笋?”新妇曰:“应之为先,恭顺以避责骂耳,委实无处觅得嫩笋。”不久,家婆闻之,深感后悔,于新妇益加爱怜。故有谚曰:“腊月煮笋羹,大人道便是; 恭敬不如从命,受训莫如从顺。”
  【恭敬不如从命】为客套与应酬之语,指一味谦恭礼让,不如遵其所命;或谓己虽不敢当之,但不能违命,常用此语。
成语词典
  成语名称
  恭敬不如从命
  汉语拼音
  gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  成语释义
  客套话。多用在对方对自己客气,虽不敢当,但不好违命。
  成语出处
  清·文康《儿女英雄传》第十四回:“姑奶奶,既老爷这等吩咐,恭敬不如从命,毕竟侍候坐下好说话。”
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English Expression
  1. n.:  Obedience is better than politeness,  Obedience is a better way of showing respect than outward reverence