割股疗亲
Traditional form:
割股療親
Pinyin (reading):
gēgǔliáoqīn
Definitions:
- to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
- filial thigh-cutting
Characters:
- 割 - to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede
- 股 - share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
- 疗 - cured, healed; to recover
- 亲 - relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
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