Deep parental love; profound maternal or paternal affection; doting on one's children.
母亲对离家的孩子总是充满了舐犊情深，常常打电话关心他们的生活。
Mothers always feel deep parental love for their children who have left home, often calling to care about their lives.
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Ancient
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During the late Eastern Han Dynasty, after Cao Cao had executed his advisor Yang Xiu, he encountered Yang Xiu's father, Yang Biao. Noticing Yang Biao looked gaunt and sorrowful, Cao Cao asked him, "Why have you become so emaciated?"
Yang Biao, deeply grieved by the loss of his son, replied, "I have the affection of a cow licking its calf (吾有舐犊之爱)." This expression vividly conveyed a parent's profound and unconditional love for their child, even in the face of immense sorrow and loss, giving rise to the idiom '舐犊情深'.
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