结草衔环 jiécǎoxiánhuán to repay someone's kindness Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 结草衔环 結草銜環 jiécǎoxiánhuán to repay someone's kindness To feel and show deep gratitude to a benefactor and vow to repay their kindness even after death; literally "to tie grass and carry a ring in the mouth" based on two historical legends of supernatural repayment. Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References See 结草 jiécǎo衔环 xiánhuánSame as 衔环结草 xiánhuánjiécǎo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
结草衔环 結草銜環 jiécǎoxiánhuán to repay someone's kindness To feel and show deep gratitude to a benefactor and vow to repay their kindness even after death; literally "to tie grass and carry a ring in the mouth" based on two historical legends of supernatural repayment. Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References See 结草 jiécǎo衔环 xiánhuánSame as 衔环结草 xiánhuánjiécǎo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
