倚闾而望
yǐ​lǘ'ér​wàng

waiting for a child

  • created sense approved 倚闾而望/倚閭而望 · yǐ​lǘ'ér​wàng · waiting for a child — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倚闾而望 / 倚閭而望

    yǐ​lǘ'ér​wàng

    waiting for a child

    to lean against the door and look out for one's children returning home; a metaphor for deep parental love and longing

    倚闾 (literal) → 倚闾/倚閭 · yǐ​lǘ · parental love 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to gaze

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

    created sense