君子

nobleman / person of noble character

monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker

recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict

refined gentleman

the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]

a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

upright gentleman / man of honor

virtuous gentleman (idiom)

lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen