created sense approved 朱买臣/朱買臣 · zhūmǎichén · Zhu Maichen — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
朱买臣 / 朱買臣
zhūmǎichén
Zhu Maichen
A famous politician and scholar of the Western Han dynasty who rose from poverty to become a high-ranking official. His story of being abandoned by his wife while poor, only for her to later feel shame when he became successful, is often cited in literature and drama.
朱 (literal) → 朱 · zhū · Zhu 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 臣 (literal) → 臣 · chén · subject
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