伯雍種玉
bó​yōng​zhòng​yù

successful courtship

  • created sense approved 伯雍种玉/伯雍種玉 · bó​yōng​zhòng​yù · successful courtship — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伯雍种玉 / 伯雍種玉

    bó​yōng​zhòng​yù

    successful courtship

    literal sense refers to a legend where Bo Yong planted stones and grew jade; figuratively used to describe finding a good spouse or a successful marriage proposal

    伯 (literal) → 伯 · bó · surname 雍 (literal) → 雍 · yōng · Yong (surname) 种 (literal) → 种/種 · zhòng · to plant 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade

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

    created sense