寵ちょう愛あい昂こうじて尼あまになす

expression, godan verb (-su)

to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun

Rare, literary idiomatic expression. Literally 'to love so much that one makes (her) a nun', implying excessive parental affection that leads to an undesirable outcome. The literal gloss refers to a historical practice of making a beloved daughter a nun, but the phrase is used more broadly for overindulgence.

• 「寵ちょう愛あい昂こうじて尼あまになす」とは、子こを溺でき愛あいしすぎてかえって不ふ幸こうにすることをいう。

  The phrase '寵愛昂じて尼になす' means to love one's child so excessively that it brings misfortune instead.