修母畫荻

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	female; mother	to write with a reed or a straw
trad. (修母畫荻)		修	母	畫荻
simp. (修母画荻)		修	母	画荻

Etymology

Ouyang Xiu (歐陽脩) was an 11th-century Chinese scholar. His father died when he was young, and since his family was poor, his mother Zheng, who was literate, taught him by writing in the dirt with a reed stalk.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiū mǔ huàdí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiū mǔ huàdí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siou mǔ huàdí
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹ mu³ hua⁴-ti²
    • Yale: syōu mǔ hwà-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou muu huahdyi
    • Palladius: сю му хуади (sju mu xuadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹ ti³⁵/

Idiom

修母畫荻

1. a mother's admirable dedication to the education of her children

Synonyms

• 歐母畫荻／欧母画荻 (ōu mǔ huàdí)
• 畫荻教子／画荻教子 (huàdí jiào zǐ)