介之推

jiè zhī tuī

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Definitions

  1. 1. Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[jìn wén gōng], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[qīng míng] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated

Child Words of 介之推

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

推
tuī

to push

介
jiè

to introduce