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No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own
子を持って知る親の恩 literally translates as: Only after you have a baby, you would appreciate your parents (feel the way they do, etc).
This is a bit like the “walk a mile in another man's shoes” saying. Basically, it's about you cannot fully understand the plight of others until you experience it yourself. It also shows appreciation for the plight of parents.
This Japanese proverb can also be translated a few more ways:
No man knows what he owes to his parents till he comes to have children of his own.
One knows not what one owes to one's parents till one comes to have children of one's own.
Only after you have a baby, you will appreciate your parents or feel the way they do.
Only after becoming a parent yourself do you realize how much you owe [how indebted you are] to your own parents.
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Hua Mulan
花木蘭 is the name of the famous Chinese woman warrior Hua Mulan.
She was made famous in the west by Disney's animated movie, “Mulan.”
Most of the historical information about her comes from an ancient poem. It starts with a concerned Mulan, as she is told a man from each family is to serve conscription in the army. Her father is too old, and her brother is too young. Mulan decides to take the place of her father. After twelve years of war, the army returns, and the best warriors are awarded great posts in the government and riches. Mulan turns down all offers and asks only for a good horse for the long trip home. When Mulan greets visiting comrades wearing her old clothes, they are shocked to find the warrior they rode into battle with for years is actually a woman.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
燕 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen tsubame(p); tsubakurame(ok); tsubakura(ok); tsubakuro(ok); tsubame(p) つばめ(P); つばくらめ(ok); つばくら(ok); つばくろ(ok); ツバメ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Swallow(1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi |
釋迦牟尼 释迦牟尼 see styles |
shì jiā móu ní shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shih chia mou ni Shakamuni |
More info & calligraphy: Shakyamuni / The Buddha釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉. |
入壻 see styles |
irimuko いりむこ |
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family |
入婿 see styles |
irimuko いりむこ |
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family |
入聟 see styles |
irimuko いりむこ |
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family |
勢家 see styles |
seika / seka せいか |
influential family; the man in power; (place-name) Seike |
勢門 see styles |
seimon / semon せいもん |
influential family; the man in power |
善男 see styles |
shàn nán shan4 nan2 shan nan zennan ぜんなん |
{Buddh} pious man; (male given name) Yoshio man of a good family |
喜餅 喜饼 see styles |
xǐ bǐng xi3 bing3 hsi ping |
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement |
暖男 see styles |
nuǎn nán nuan3 nan2 nuan nan |
a man who is family-oriented, considerate and protective |
男家 see styles |
nán jiā nan2 jia1 nan chia |
man's family (in marriage) |
郎君 see styles |
láng jun lang2 jun1 lang chün roukun / rokun ろうくん |
my husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp (1) (honorific or respectful language) (obsolete) young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); (2) (obsolete) (usu. as a term of address) husband; (masculine speech) lover; dear; darling |
五人組 see styles |
goningumi ごにんぐみ |
(1) five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (2) (archaism) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period); (place-name) Goningumi |
入り婿 see styles |
irimuko いりむこ |
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family |
大黒柱 see styles |
daikokubashira だいこくばしら |
(1) central pillar (of a building); (2) mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man |
婿入婚 see styles |
mukoirikon むこいりこん |
marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage |
家庭人 see styles |
kateijin / katejin かていじん |
family-oriented man |
招婿婚 see styles |
shouseikon / shosekon しょうせいこん |
(See 婿入り婚) marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage |
貴公子 see styles |
kikoushi / kikoshi きこうし |
(1) young nobleman; scion of a noble family; (2) princely young man; man with an aristocratic air; (personal name) Kikoushi |
マイメン see styles |
maimen マイメン |
(slang) close friend (eng: my man); beloved family; person one respects; bro; sis; buddy |
住定菩薩 住定菩萨 see styles |
zhù dìng pú sà zhu4 ding4 pu2 sa4 chu ting p`u sa chu ting pu sa jūjō (no) bosatsu |
A bodhisattva firmly fixed, or abiding in certainty. After a bodhisattva has completed three great asaṁkhyeyakalpas he has still one hundred great kalpas to complete. This period is called abiding in fixity or firmness, divided into six kinds: certainty of being born in a good gati, in a noble family, with a good body, a man, knowing the abiding places of his transmigrations, knowing the abiding character of his good works. |
坊ちゃま see styles |
bocchama ぼっちゃま |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 坊ちゃん・1) (another's) son; boy; young master; (2) (See 坊ちゃん・2) green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world |
坊ちゃん see styles |
bocchan ぼっちゃん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) son (of others); (2) young master; (3) green young man from a well-to-do family |
婿入り婚 see styles |
mukoirikon むこいりこん |
marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage |
家族持ち see styles |
kazokumochi かぞくもち |
person with a family; family man |
お坊ちゃん see styles |
obocchan おぼっちゃん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) son (of others); (2) young master; (3) green young man from a well-to-do family |
坊っちゃん see styles |
bocchan ぼっちゃん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) son (of others); (2) young master; (3) green young man from a well-to-do family; (wk) Botchan (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki) |
御坊ちゃん see styles |
obocchan おぼっちゃん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) son (of others); (2) young master; (3) green young man from a well-to-do family |
お坊っちゃん see styles |
obocchan おぼっちゃん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) son (of others); (2) young master; (3) green young man from a well-to-do family |
御坊っちゃん see styles |
obocchan おぼっちゃん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) son (of others); (2) young master; (3) green young man from a well-to-do family |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own | 子を持って知る親の恩 | ko wo motte shiru oya no on kowomotteshiruoyanoon | ||
| Hua Mulan | 花木蘭 花木兰 | huā mù lán hua1 mu4 lan2 hua mu lan huamulan | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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