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跨灶
 
En
kuà zào
  • to surpass one's father

跨灶 kuà zào

跨灶
1 比喻儿子超越父亲。说法有二:一说因灶中有釜,釜与父音相近,或釜字上从父,故有子胜父之意。一说马前蹄下之凹处为灶门,良马奔走时,后蹄印痕反在前蹄之前,故用以喻子胜父。见《常语寻源.卷上.跨灶》引《天禄识余》。

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