寸草心
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a child's love and gratitude towards parents
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Saying俗语俗語
Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now
- Literally
- the heart of an inch of grass
- Meaning
- A child's love and gratitude toward parents, from a Tang poem comparing it to grass repaying spring sunlight. Warm and literary.
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