扇枕溫席
shān​zhěn​wēn​xí

fan the pillow and warm the mat

  • created sense approved 扇枕温席/扇枕溫席 · shān​zhěn​wēn​xí · fan the pillow and warm the mat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扇枕温席 / 扇枕溫席

    shān​zhěn​wēn​xí

    fan the pillow and warm the mat

    (literary) describes being extremely devoted to one's parents, based on the story of a son who fanned his parents' pillows to cool them in summer and used his body heat to warm their mats in winter

    扇 (literal) → 扇 · shān · to fan 枕 (literal) → 枕 · zhěn · to rest the head on 温 (literal) → 温/溫 · wēn · to warm up 席 (literal) → 席 · xí · mat

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    created sense