dài​lì​shān​hé

may your land remain in your family forever

  • created sense approved 带厉山河/帶厲山河 · dài​lì​shān​hé · may your land remain in your family forever — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    带厉山河 / 帶厲山河

    dài​lì​shān​hé

    may your land remain in your family forever

    (literary) an oath of loyalty to a feudal lord, meaning that even if the Yellow River becomes narrow like a belt and Mount Tai becomes small like a whetstone, the granted land will stay in the family

    带 (literal) → 带/帶 · dài · belt 厉 (literal) → 厉/厲 · lì · to sharpen 山河 (literal) → 山河 · shān​hé · mountains and rivers

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