Thinking of women and sick mother
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is s ī f ù B ì NGM ǔ, which means missing my wife and asking for mother's disease to return home. From the Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · Liang Xi Zhuan.
The origin of Idioms
"The Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · Liang Xi Zhuan" says: "there are people who think of women and sick mothers, what is that?"
Idiom explanation
It refers to the mother's illness caused by missing his wife and wanting to return home. The metaphor is false.
Thinking of women and sick mother
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