画荻教子 — Chinese idiom
画荻教子
huà dí jiào zǐ
Traditional: 畫荻教子
Meaning
- to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son
- mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
Character by character
- 画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 荻dírush, reed; Miscanthus saccariflorus
- 教jiàoschool, education
- 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
Idioms sharing a character
- 指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
- 照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ
- 琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà
- 画地为牢 huà dì wéi láo
- 画地自限 huà dì zì xiàn
- 画虎类犬 huà hǔ lèi quǎn
- 画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú
- 画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 因材施教 yīn cái shī jiào
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