shào​fù​dù​mǔ

virtuous local officials

  • created sense approved 召父杜母 · shào​fù​dù​mǔ · virtuous local officials — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    召父杜母

    shào​fù​dù​mǔ

    virtuous local officials

    An idiom used to praise the achievements of local officials. It refers to [[召信臣|召信臣|shao4 xin4 chen2]] of the Western Han and [[杜诗|杜詩|du4 shi1]] of the Eastern Han, both of whom were well-loved governors of Nanyang.

    召 (literal) → 召 · shào · Shao 父 (literal) → 父 · fǔ · old man 杜 (literal) → 杜 · dù · Du 母 (literal) → 母 · mǔ · female elder

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    created sense