婢学夫人
bì​xué​fū​ren

inferiors mimic superiors

  • created reference approved 婢学夫人/婢學夫人 → 婢作夫人 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    婢学夫人 / 婢學夫人 bì​xué​fū​ren

    婢作夫人 bì​zuò​fū​ren

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 婢学夫人/婢學夫人 · bì​xué​fū​ren · inferiors mimic superiors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    婢学夫人 / 婢學夫人

    bì​xué​fū​ren

    inferiors mimic superiors

    Originally referring to a maidservant trying to act like the mistress of the house; used to mock someone of low status or poor skill attempting to imitate their superiors, specifically in calligraphy or behavior.

    bì​xué​fū​rén

    婢 (literal) → 婢 · bì · female servant 学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · to imitate 夫人 (literal) → 夫人 · fū​rén · wife

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

    created sense