xún​gāi

to serve one's parents

  • created sense approved 循陔 · xún​gāi · to serve one's parents — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    循陔

    xún​gāi

    to serve one's parents

    (literary) to care for or serve one's parents; derived from a poem in the [[文选|文選|wen2 xuan3]] about walking along a ridge while gathering orchids for one's mother

    循 (literal) → 循 · xún · to follow a path 陔 (literal) → 陔 · gāi · ridge

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