舐犢之念
shì​dú​zhī​niàn

parental love

  • created sense approved 舐犊之念/舐犢之念 · shì​dú​zhī​niàn · parental love — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    舐犊之念 / 舐犢之念

    shì​dú​zhī​niàn

    parental love

    the affection of a parent for their child; literal sense of an old cow licking its calf

    舐犊 (literal) → 舐犊/舐犢 · shì​dú · to lick one's calf 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 念 (literal) → 念 · niàn · thought

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

    created sense