倚門倚閭

Chinese

		to lean against a doorpost; to wait by a door or in a doorway	to lean against a gatepost; to wait by a village or alley gate
trad. (倚門倚閭)		倚門	倚閭
simp. (倚门倚闾)		倚门	倚闾
Literally: “leaning against the door of one's house and the gate of one's village”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐményǐlǘ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄌㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐményǐlǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐményǐlyú
    • Wade–Giles: i³-mên²-i³-lü²
    • Yale: yǐ-mén-yǐ-lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiimenyiiliu
    • Palladius: имэньилюй (imɛnʹiljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly³⁵/

Idiom

倚門倚閭

1. (of parents or elders) to eagerly await the return of one's children