shàn​zhěn​wēn​qīn

to serve one's parents with extreme devotion

  • created reference approved 扇枕温衾/扇枕溫衾 → 扇枕温席/扇枕溫席 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扇枕温衾 / 扇枕溫衾 shàn​zhěn​wēn​qīn

    扇枕温席 / 扇枕溫席 shān​zhěn​wēn​xí

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  • created reference approved 扇枕温衾/扇枕溫衾 → 扇枕温被/扇枕溫被 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扇枕温衾 / 扇枕溫衾 shàn​zhěn​wēn​qīn

    扇枕温被 / 扇枕溫被 shān​zhěn​wēn​bèi

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  • created sense approved 扇枕温衾/扇枕溫衾 · shàn​zhěn​wēn​qīn · to serve one's parents with extreme devotion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扇枕温衾 / 扇枕溫衾

    shàn​zhěn​wēn​qīn

    to serve one's parents with extreme devotion

    Literally meaning to fan the pillow and warm the quilt; used to describe a child who shows great filial piety by looking after their parents' comfort, based on the story of Huang Xiang from the Han Dynasty who cooled his father's mat in summer and warmed his bed in winter

    shān​zhěn​wēn​qīn

    扇 (literal) → 扇 · shān · to fan 枕 (literal) → 枕 · zhěn · to rest the head on 温 (literal) → 温/溫 · wēn · to warm up 衾 (literal) → 衾 · qīn · quilt

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