桑土
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Chinese[edit]
| mulberry tree | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (桑土) | 桑 | 土 | |
| simp. #(桑土) | 桑 | 土 | |
| anagram | 土桑 | ||
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
桑土
- mulberry field
- 桑土既蠶，是降丘宅土。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Sāngtǔ jì cán, shì jiàng qiū zhái tǔ. [Pinyin]
- The mulberry grounds were made fit for silkworms, and then (the people) came down from the heights, and occupied the grounds (below).
桑土既蚕，是降丘宅土。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 桑土既蠶，於是民得下丘居土。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE, translated based on Herbert J. Allen's version
- Sāngtǔ jì cán, yúshì mín dé xià qiū jū tǔ. [Pinyin]
- The mulberry region was supplied with silkworms, and then the people came down from the heights and occupied it.
桑土既蚕，于是民得下丘居土。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
桑土
- (obsolete) mulberry root
- 迨天之未陰雨、徹彼桑土、綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù. [Pinyin]
- Before the sky was dark with rain,
I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,
And bound round and round my window and door.
迨天之未阴雨、彻彼桑土、绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]