Japanese

はんぽのしゅう
Meaning: repaying one’s parents’ kindness; filial repayment
Part of Speech: Noun, Four-character idiom

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Example

親の介護を続ける兄に、家族は反哺之羞の心を見た。
Seeing the older brother continue caring for their parent, the family saw the spirit of repaying parental kindness.

Usage Notes

A literary idiom for filial devotion and repayment. It comes from the image of young birds later feeding their parents, so it is formal and not casual.

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