指囷
zhǐ​qūn

to help a friend in need

  • created sense approved 指囷 · zhǐ​qūn · to help a friend in need — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    指囷

    zhǐ​qūn

    to help a friend in need

    (literary) to help a friend in need; to provide generous assistance to a friend in distress. Originally refers to a story from the Records of the Three Kingdoms where Lu Su pointed to one of his granaries to provide grain to Zhou Yu.

    zhǐ​jūn

    指, 囷

    指 (literal) → 指 · zhǐ · to point; to refer to 囷 (literal) → 囷 · qūn · granary

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