修母畫荻

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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) 畫荻
simp. (修母画荻) 画荻

Etymology

Ouyang Xiu (歐陽) 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.

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Idiom

修母畫荻

  1. a mother's admirable dedication to the education of her children

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