孟母三遷
mèng​mǔ​sān​qiān

Mencius' mother moves three times

  • created reference approved 孟母三迁/孟母三遷 → 孟母择邻/孟母擇鄰 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孟母三迁 / 孟母三遷 mèng​mǔ​sān​qiān

    孟母择邻 / 孟母擇鄰 mèng​mǔ​zé​lín

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 孟母三迁/孟母三遷 · mèng​mǔ​sān​qiān · Mencius' mother moves three times — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孟母三迁 / 孟母三遷

    mèng​mǔ​sān​qiān

    Mencius' mother moves three times

    The mother of Mencius moved her home three times to find a good environment for her son's education; used to describe the great care and effort parents take to choose a good learning environment for their children

    孟 (literal) → 孟 · mèng · Mencius 母 (literal) → 母 · mǔ · mother 三迁 (literal) → 三迁/三遷 · sān​qiān · to move house three times

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

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