蝤蠐
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Chinese[edit]
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蝤蠐) | 蝤 | 蠐 | |
| simp. (蝤蛴) | 蝤 | 蛴 | |
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
蝤蠐
- (literary) larva of the longhorn beetle
- 手如柔荑，膚如凝脂，領如蝤蠐，齒如瓠犀。螓首蛾眉，巧笑倩兮，美目盼兮。 [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, lǐng rú qiúqí, chǐ rú hùxī. Qínshǒu éméi, qiǎoxiào qiàn xī, měimù pàn xī. [Pinyin]
- Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
Her skin was like congealed ointment;
Her neck was like the tree-grub;
Her teeth were like melon seeds;
Her forehead cicada-like; her eyebrows like [the antenne of] the silkworm moth;
What dimples, as she artfully smiled!
How lovely her eyes, with the black and white so well defined!
手如柔荑，肤如凝脂，领如蝤蛴，齿如瓠犀。螓首蛾眉，巧笑倩兮，美目盼兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) the soft and smooth neck of beautiful women
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