割股疗亲 — Chinese idiom
割股疗亲
gē gǔ liáo qīn
Traditional: 割股療親
Meaning
- to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent
- filial thigh-cutting
Character by character
- 割gēto cut, to divide, to partition; to cede
- 股gǔshare, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
- 疗liáocured, healed; to recover
- 亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
Idioms sharing a character
- 任人宰割 rèn rén zǎi gē
- 割袍断义 gē páo duàn yì
- 心如刀割 xīn rú dāo gē
- 悬梁刺股 xuán liáng cì gǔ
- 串亲访友 chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
- 任人唯亲 rèn rén wéi qīn
- 六亲不认 liù qīn bù rèn
- 六亲无靠 liù qīn wú kào
- 大义灭亲 dà yì miè qīn
- 御驾亲征 yù jià qīn zhēng
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