Read Edit View history 结草衔环 jiécǎoxiánhuán to repay someone's kindness Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 结草衔环 結草銜環 jiécǎoxiánhuán to repay someone's kindness To feel and show deep gratitude to a benefactor and vow to repay their kindness even after death; literally "to tie grass and carry a ring in the mouth" based on two historical legends of supernatural repayment. Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References See 结草 jiécǎo衔环 xiánhuánSame as 衔环结草 xiánhuánjiécǎo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
结草衔环 結草銜環 jiécǎoxiánhuán to repay someone's kindness To feel and show deep gratitude to a benefactor and vow to repay their kindness even after death; literally "to tie grass and carry a ring in the mouth" based on two historical legends of supernatural repayment. Frequency Written text 0.019 per million Cross-References See 结草 jiécǎo衔环 xiánhuánSame as 衔环结草 xiánhuánjiécǎo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)