shān​zhěn​wēn​bèi

to be a model of filial piety

Senses

扇枕温被/ 扇枕溫被 shān​zhěn​wēn​bèi to be a model of filial piety

To fan the pillow and warm the quilt; used to describe a child who is extremely devoted to their parents. Based on the story of Wang Yan of the Jin Dynasty, who fanned his parents' pillows in summer to cool them and used his own body heat to warm their blankets in winter.

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synonym 扇枕温被/扇枕溫被 扇枕温衾/扇枕溫衾
variant 扇枕温衾/扇枕溫衾 扇枕温被/扇枕溫被