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程门立雪

Chéng mén lì xuě

4-character word Traditional 程門立雪

What 程门立雪 means

1. lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
2. fig. deep reverence for one's master

The characters in 程门立雪

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)