Yóuzǐ shēnshang de máoyī, jiùshì cí mǔ shǒu zhōng xiàn zhī chéng de.
The sweater on the traveler's back was woven from the thread in his loving mother's hand.
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history
Opening of Meng Jiao 孟郊's Tang poem 《游子吟》: ‘慈母手中线，游子身上衣。临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。’ (A thread in the loving mother's hand becomes the cloth on the wanderer's body; stitch by stitch before he leaves, fearing his return will be long delayed.) One of the most beloved poems on maternal love in the Chinese canon.
usage
Usually quoted together with 游子身上衣. Common in Mother's Day writing and cards.
