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
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