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东床坦腹
dōng​chuáng​tǎn​fù

ideal son-in-law

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 东床 東床 dōng​chuáng
    son-in-law
    Literary term for a son-in-law, alluding to a story about the calligrapher 王羲之 wáng​xī​zhī who was chosen as a husband because of his relaxed attitude on a bed in the east.
  2. 坦腹 tǎn​fù
    to lie on one's back
    (literary) to lie on one's back; to expose one's belly to the sun
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