升堂拜母
shēng​táng​bài​mǔ

to pay respects to a friend's mother

  • created sense approved 升堂拜母 · shēng​táng​bài​mǔ · to pay respects to a friend's mother — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    升堂拜母

    shēng​táng​bài​mǔ

    to pay respects to a friend's mother

    (idiom) to enter the inner hall to pay respects to a friend's mother; used to describe a very close friendship where two families are treated as one; originally used to describe the friendship between [[周瑜|周瑜|zhou1 yu2]] and [[孙策|孫策|sun1 ce4]] in the [[三国志|三國志|san1 guo2 zhi4]]

    升堂 (literal) → 升堂 · shēng​táng · to enter the hall 拜 (literal) → 拜 · bài · to pay respect 母 (literal) → 母 · mǔ · mother

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