Words about Marry and Love (5)

琴瑟和鸣, 琴and瑟 are two different music instruments, this means a couple play two different music instrument together like their harmonious life.

男耕女织man plough and woman weave, it means husband and wife leading an ordinary life,

 相敬如宾respect each other like guests: in the time of Spring and Autumn (770-476B.C.) a high rank officer was killed by crime. His son name 郤缺 was turned from noble into commoner. 郤缺 worked hard as a peasant and he cultivated his moral character too. Not only his wife respected him but anyone saw him admired his behave.

One day a high rank officer passing by and found that his wife handed over food to him and he took it, both of them doing that respectfully. The officer knew 郤缺 would be an honourable man and he reported this to the king, who promoted郤缺 as the leader of one of his three armies. Later 郤缺 did a great job for the kingdom.

 举案齐眉Holding the tray up to the eyebrows. It means when husband and wife respect each other, the wife holding the tray up to eyebrows for the food of husband and the husband receive it also hold up to eyebrows. It was a story of Han Dynasty, the husband named 梁鸿the wife named孟光. They were an honorable couple in history.

相濡以沫 moisten each other by saliva. It means that when a river is drying up, a fish couple moist each other by their saliva. The figure of speech means a couple help each other in their dilemma.