乌鸟私情
wū​niǎo​sī​qíng

filial piety

  • created sense approved 乌鸟私情/烏鳥私情 · wū​niǎo​sī​qíng · filial piety — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乌鸟私情 / 烏鳥私情

    wū​niǎo​sī​qíng

    filial piety

    (idiom) a child's deep desire to care for their elderly parents; literally the solicitude of the crow, referring to the legend that young crows feed their aging parents in return for their upbringing

    乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · crow 鸟 (literal) → 鸟/鳥 · niǎo · bird 私情 (literal) → 私情 · sī​qíng · personal relationship

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

    created sense