梅妻鶴子

Chinese
plum flower wife; to marry off (a daughter) crane
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (梅妻鶴子) 梅 妻 鶴 子
simp. (梅妻鹤子) 梅 妻 鹤 子
Literally: “plum wife crane child”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

梅妻鶴子

  1. to live as a hermit with a plum tree as one's wife and the cranes as one's children
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