the mother 's honour increases as her son 's position rises(mǔ yǐ zǐ guì)

the mother 's honour increases as her son 's position rises

Mother is precious to child, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǔ y ǐ Z ǐ Gu ì. It means that a mother is eminent because of her son's nobility. It comes from the biography of Gongyang · yinnian.

The origin of Idioms

"The story of Gongyang: Hidden year of A.D.": why is Huan so precious? Mother is expensive. If the mother is expensive, why is the son so expensive? The son is valued by the mother, and the mother is valued by the son. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object and clause; with commendatory meaning. In the second chapter of Feng Menglong's Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Guo Shi's father wrote: "I heard that the mother valued the son, and the son valued the mother. Today, the prince avoids sin and lives in Shen. The ceremony of Wenqing has been abolished for a long time. How can we use our son when we abolish our mother? Chen and others are willing to help Bo Fu to become the east palace. I'm very lucky! "

Chinese PinYin : mǔ yǐ zǐ guì