bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
trad. 寢苫枕塊
Also written 寢苫枕塊【qǐn shān zhěn kuài】
Characters in this word
4寝
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old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
- Pinyin
- qǐn
- Traditional
- 寑
- Strokes
- 13
苫
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straw mat, thatch
- Pinyin
- shān
- Strokes
- 8
枕
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(bound form) pillow, to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
- Pinyin
- zhěn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 37919 of 2500
块
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lump; chunk; piece, classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc, (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- Pinyin
- kuài
- Traditional
- 塊
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1602 of 2500