单词 | 东床 |
释义 | 东床 dōngchuángson-in-law东床son-in-law东床 dōng chuáng (女婿) son-in-law 东床快婿 a proud (handsome) son-in-law林语堂当代汉英繁简☞東床东床[dōng chuáng]晋代太尉郗鉴派一位门客到王导家去选女婿。门客回来说:‘王家的年轻人都很好,但是听到有人去选女婿,都拘谨起来,只有一位在东边床上敞开衣襟吃饭的,好像没听到似的。’郗鉴说:‘这正是一位好女婿。’这个人就是王羲之。于是把女儿嫁给他(见于《晋书·王羲之传》)。因此,后来也称女婿为东床。son-in-law. In the Jin Dynasty, Xi Jian, a military officer, sent one of his hangers-on to select a son-in-law for him from Wang Dao's family. The hanger-on returned and reported,‘The young men at the Wang's are all very good, but they all acted in a reserved manner when they heard that someone had come to select a son-in-law from among them, except one, who sat bare-chested on the eastern bed, eating his meal as if nothing had happened.’Xi Jian said,‘This one will make a good son-in-law.’This young man was none other than Wang Xizhi, who married Xi Jian's daughter (History of Jin·Biography of Wang Xizhi). Hence the term, referring to son-in-law. |
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