谁言寸草心

誰言寸草心
shéiyáncùncǎoxīn
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 who says a blade of grass's heart (can repay)...
  2. 2 rhetorical line about children's inability to repay maternal love
  3. 3 paired with 报得三春晖 in Meng Jiao's 'Song of the Wandering Son'

Examples

Shéi yán cùn cǎo xīn, bào dé sān chūn huī — gǎn'ēn Mǔqīnjié.
Who says a blade of grass could repay the spring sun? — gratitude on Mother's Day.
Kàn dào māma de zhàopiàn, tā xiǎngqǐ le 'shéi yán cùn cǎo xīn' zhè jù shī.
Seeing his mother's photo, he thought of the line 'who says a blade of grass's heart...'

Stroke Order

shéi
yán
cùn
cǎo
xīn