ràng​zǎo​tuī​lí

brotherly love

  • created sense approved 让枣推梨/讓棗推梨 · ràng​zǎo​tuī​lí · brotherly love — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    让枣推梨 / 讓棗推梨

    ràng​zǎo​tuī​lí

    brotherly love

    To show brotherly love and unselfishness; specifically references the stories of Wang Tai of the Southern Dynasties not competing for dates and Kong Rong of the Eastern Han giving up the larger pear to his brother.

    让 (literal) → 让/讓 · ràng · to yield 枣 (literal) → 枣/棗 · zǎo · jujube 推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to decline 梨 (literal) → 梨 · lí · pear

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

    created sense