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一饭千金yī fàn qiān jīnbe very grateful and give a thousand gold pieces to sb who has fed one—pay back a debt of gratitude with rich reward; repay sb for kindness with rich reward
❍ 信钓于城下，诸母漂，有一母见信饥，饭信，竟漂数十日。信喜，谓漂母曰：“吾必有以重报母。”……信至国，君所从食漂母，赐千金。(《史记·淮阴候列传》) Another time he went fishing by a river where some old women were bleaching silk,and one of them,noticing how famished he looked,fed him for twenty or thirty days until the work was finished. Han Xin was very grateful. “I promise to repay you well some day，”he said，…when Han Xin reached his state,he summoned the washerwoman who had fed him and gave her a thousand gold pieces. 一饭千金yī fàn qiān jīn原指在受难时得到别人一顿饭的施舍，得志后拿千金来报答。比喻受人一点恩惠而给予厚报。repay sb. for kindness with rich reward, pay back a debt of gratitude with rich reward |