祿

blessing, happiness, prosperity

DEFINITIONS

  • blessing, happiness, prosperity
  • good fortune
  • official salary

WORDS

祿 shì lù hereditary benefits such as rank and wealth
祿之家 shì lù zhī jiā family with hereditary emoluments
他加祿語 tā jiā lù yǔ Tagalog (language)
伯多祿 bó duō lù Peter (Catholic transliteration)
祿 fèng lù official's salary (in feudal times)
祿勳 guāng lù xūn Supervisor of Attendants in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
祿大夫 guāng lù dài fu honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
祿 lì lù wealth and official post
祿薰心 lì lù xūn xīn to be eager for wealth and emolument (idiom)
功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
加官進祿 jiā guān jìn lù promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
祿 huí lù traditional Fire God; destruction by fire
祿之災 huí lù zhī zāi to have one's house burned down; fire disaster
祿 tiān lù auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail; possession of the empire
祿山 ān lù shān An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
祿 shī lù to hold a sinecure
巴爾多祿茂 bā ěr duō lù mào Bartholomew
祿 huái lù to yearn for a high official position
拉匝祿 lā zā lù Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)
李天祿 lǐ tiān lù Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer
祿大夫 róng lù dà fū a rank in government service
無功不受祿 wú gōng bù shòu lù Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
無功受祿 wú gōng shòu lù to get undeserved rewards (idiom)
祿 wú lù to be unsalaried; to be unfortunate; death
祿 jué lù rank and emolument of nobility
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