柔荑
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Chinese[edit]
soft | to weed; (grass) | ||
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trad. (柔荑) | 柔 | 荑 | |
simp. #(柔荑) | 柔 | 荑 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
柔荑
- (literary) bud of the cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
- 手如柔荑。膚如凝脂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shǒu rú róutí. Fū rú níngzhī. [Pinyin]
- Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
Her skin was like congealed ointment;
手如柔荑。肤如凝脂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, by extension) bud; shoot
- (literary, figurative) soft and beautiful hand of a woman