shì dú zhī ài

Traditional: 舐犢之愛

舐犊之爱 (shì dú zhī ài) is a Chinese word meaning “the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom); parental love”.

Meanings

  1. 1the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom)
  2. 2parental love

Characters in 舐犊之爱

舐shì · to lick犊dú · calf之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])爱ài · to love; to be fond of; to like

Related words

爱to love; to be fond of; to like之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before亲爱dear之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid可爱adorable之一one of (sth)之类and so on爱情romance; love (romantic)爱上to fall in love with之中inside

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