心存魏闕
xīn​cún​wèi​què

undying loyalty to one's country

  • created reference approved 心存魏阙/心存魏闕 → 心在魏阙/心在魏闕 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心存魏阙 / 心存魏闕 xīn​cún​wèi​què

    心在魏阙 / 心在魏闕 xīn​zài​wèi​què

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 心存魏阙/心存魏闕 · xīn​cún​wèi​què · undying loyalty to one's country — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心存魏阙 / 心存魏闕

    xīn​cún​wèi​què

    undying loyalty to one's country

    to remain concerned about or loyal to one's home country even while living far away or in a foreign land

    心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind 存 (literal) → 存 · cún · to harbor 魏阙 (literal) → 魏阙/魏闕 · wèi​què · imperial court

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

    created sense