久病床前無孝子
Chinese edit
(long) time; (long) duration of time | ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect |
bed; couch; (a measure word) | front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward |
not have | filial son; son in mourning | ||
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trad. (久病床前無孝子/久病牀前無孝子) | 久 | 病 | 床/牀 | 前 | 無 | 孝子 | |
simp. (久病床前无孝子) | 久 | 病 | 床 | 前 | 无 | 孝子 | |
Literally: “there is no filial son by the bedside of a chronically ill parent”. |
Pronunciation edit
Proverb edit
久病床前無孝子
- Even a filial child will eventually be fed up with taking care of a bedridden and chronically ill parent