向平愿了 — “To have completed the parental duty of marrying off all one's children”
向平愿了 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have completed the parental duty of marrying off all one's children”. To see one's offspring settled in marriage. Literally, “Xiang Ping's wish completed”.
向平愿了 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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Origin and Story of 向平愿了
Xiang Ping, a man of integrity and aloofness during the Han Dynasty, viewed worldly distinctions of wealth and poverty, nobility and lowliness, with great detachment.
One day, he couldn't help but sigh and remark, "Only now do I realize that wealth is not as good as poverty, and nobility is not as good as being humble." After that, he pondered to himself for a while.
Several years later, he busied himself marrying off his son and daughter. Having completed both tasks one after another, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "What I needed to do is now finished."
From then on, he embarked on travels across famous mountains and rivers. Twenty to thirty years passed without a single word from him. His children never saw him return, and everyone assumed their father had either fallen ill and died in the mountains or had been eaten by a tiger.
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More idioms starting with 向
- xiàng向shàng上yī一lù路profound enlightenment
- xiàng向bì壁xū虚gòu构fabricate out of thin air
- xiàng向bì壁xū虚zào造fabricate out of thin air
- xiàng向shēng声bèi背shí实pursue fame, disregard reality
- xiàng向tiān天ér而tuò唾harming others harms yourself
- xiàng向míng明ér而zhì治govern diligently from dawn
- xiàng向huǒ火qǐ乞ér儿sycophant currying favor with the powerful
- xiàng向yán炎qǐ乞ér儿a sycophant fawning on power
- xiàng向ruò若ér而tàn叹sigh in admiration and self-abasement
- xiàng向yú隅zhī之gǎn感feeling left out or disappointed
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Open the tool →Questions about 向平愿了
What does 向平愿了 mean?
向平愿了 (xiàng píng yuàn le) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have completed the parental duty of marrying off all one's children”.
How do you pronounce 向平愿了?
向平愿了 is pronounced xiàng píng yuàn le in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 向平愿了 literally mean?
Literally, 向平愿了 means “Xiang Ping's wish completed”. It is used to mean “to have completed the parental duty of marrying off all one's children”.
Where does 向平愿了 come from?
向平愿了 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 向平愿了?
向平：东汉人向长，字子平，隐居不仕。愿：心愿。了：完成。比喻子女婚嫁事都已完毕。