举案齐眉
jǔ'àn​qí​méi

mutual respect in marriage

  • created reference approved 举案齐眉/舉案齊眉 → 相敬如宾/相敬如賓 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    举案齐眉 / 舉案齊眉 jǔ'àn​qí​méi

    相敬如宾 / 相敬如賓 xiāng​jìng​rú​bīn

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 举案齐眉/舉案齊眉 · jǔ'àn​qí​méi · mutual respect in marriage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    举案齐眉 / 舉案齊眉

    jǔ'àn​qí​méi

    mutual respect in marriage

    literally "to lift the tray to eyebrow level"; used to describe a married couple who treat each other with great respect and love, based on the story of Meng Guang serving food to her husband Liang Hong

    举 (literal) → 举/舉 · jǔ · to lift 案 (literal) → 案 · àn · tray 齐 (literal) → 齐/齊 · qí · to level 眉 (literal) → 眉 · méi · eyebrow

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

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