dōng​chuáng

son-in-law

  • created reference approved 东床/東床 → 位 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东床 / 東床 dōng​chuáng

    位 wèi

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 东床/東床 → 坦腹东床/坦腹東床 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东床 / 東床 dōng​chuáng

    坦腹东床 / 坦腹東床 tǎn​fù​dōng​chuáng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 东床/東床 · dōng​chuáng · son-in-law — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东床 / 東床

    dōng​chuáng

    son-in-law

    Literary term for a son-in-law, alluding to a story about the calligrapher [[王羲之|王羲之|wang2 xi1 zhi1]] who was chosen as a husband because of his relaxed attitude on a bed in the east.

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 床 (literal) → 床 · chuáng · bed

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  • created sense approved 东床/東床 · dōng​chuáng · bed for guests — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东床 / 東床

    dōng​chuáng

    bed for guests

    (literary) A bed in the eastern wing of a house used for accommodating guests.

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 床 (literal) → 床 · chuáng · bed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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