割股疗亲 (割股療親)
gē gǔ liǎo qīn
Pinyin

Definition

割股疗亲 (割股療親)
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gē gǔ liǎo qīn
  1. to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
  2. filial thigh-cutting

Related Words (20)

pì gu
  1. 1 buttocks
  2. 2 bottom
  3. 3 butt
  4. 4 back part
  1. 1 thigh
  2. 2 part of a whole
  3. 3 portion of a sum
  4. 4 (stock) share
  5. 5 strand of a thread
  6. 6 low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē]
  7. 7 classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
  8. 8 classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
  9. 9 classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
  10. 10 classifier for sudden forceful actions
gǔ shì
  1. 1 stock market
gǔ mín
  1. 1 stock investor
  2. 2 share trader
gǔ piào
  1. 1 share certificate
  2. 2 stock (finance)

Idioms (10)

任人宰割
rèn rén zǎi gē
  1. 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
  2. 2 to be taken advantage of
割股疗亲
gē gǔ liǎo qīn
  1. 1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
  2. 2 filial thigh-cutting
割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì
  1. 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
  2. 2 to break all friendly ties
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
心如刀割
xīn rú dāo gē
  1. 1 to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
  2. 2 to be torn with grief