畫荻
huà​dí

model mother

  • created reference approved 画荻/畫荻 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画荻 / 畫荻 huà​dí

    个 / 個 gè

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 画荻/畫荻 · huà​dí · model mother — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画荻 / 畫荻

    huà​dí

    model mother

    (literary) an exemplary mother or a good female teacher; used to praise a mother's devotion to her children's education. Based on the story of Ouyang Xiu's mother, who taught him to write using a reed stalk as a pen.

    画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 荻 (literal) → 荻 · dí · reed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense