the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom); parental love
trad. 舐犢之愛
Also written 舐犢之愛【shì dú zhī ài】
Characters in this word
4舐
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to lick, to lap (up)
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 10
犊
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calf, sacrificial victim
- Pinyin
- dú
- Traditional
- 犢
- Strokes
- 12
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
爱
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to love; to be fond of; to like, affection, to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- Pinyin
- ài
- Traditional
- 愛
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 193 of 2500