倚门倚闾
yǐ​mén​yǐ​lǘ

to eagerly await one's child's return

  • created sense approved 倚门倚闾/倚門倚閭 · yǐ​mén​yǐ​lǘ · to eagerly await one's child's return — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倚门倚闾 / 倚門倚閭

    yǐ​mén​yǐ​lǘ

    to eagerly await one's child's return

    Describing a parent or elder waiting anxiously for their children to come home; literally "leaning against the door, leaning against the gate."

    倚门 (literal) → 倚门/倚門 · yǐ​mén · parental longing 倚闾 (literal) → 倚闾/倚閭 · yǐ​lǘ · parental love

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

    created sense