attend to one 's parents ' comfort on getting up and going to bed

attend to one 's parents ' comfort on getting up and going to bed

The Chinese idiom, CH é NH ū nd ì NGX ǐ ng in pinyin, means to serve and go to bed at night and ask hello in the morning. The old etiquette of serving parents. It comes from the book of rites.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, Qu Li Shang: "the rites of being a son of man are warm in winter and clear in summer, and calm in dusk and introspection in the morning."

Idiom usage

Not only did he put an end to all his relatives and friends, but also he let his family go when it was too late in the morning. The 36th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty