created sense approved 吐哺 · tǔbǔ · to spit out food — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
吐哺
tǔbǔ
to spit out food
to spit out food while eating; to regurgitate
吐, 哺
吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 哺 (literal) → 哺 · bǔ · chewed food
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 吐哺 · tǔbǔ · to welcome scholars — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
吐哺
tǔbǔ
to welcome scholars
to be eager to recruit talented people, alluding to the story of the Duke of Zhou who interrupted his meals multiple times to welcome visiting scholars; often used in the phrase [[周公吐哺|周公吐哺|zhou1 gong1 tu3 bu3]]
吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 哺 (literal) → 哺 · bǔ · chewed food
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition