敬老尊賢

1. • to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom) to honor the great and the good

Character by character

• 敬(jìng)respectful
• 老(lǎo)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• 尊(zūn)senior
• 賢(xián)worthy or virtuous person