扇枕溫被
shān​zhěn​wēn​bèi

to be a model of filial piety

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

    扇枕温被 / 扇枕溫被 shān​zhěn​wēn​bèi

    扇枕温衾 / 扇枕溫衾 shàn​zhěn​wēn​qīn

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  • created sense approved 扇枕温被/扇枕溫被 · shān​zhěn​wēn​bèi · to be a model of filial piety — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

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

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