前度劉郎

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Chinese

front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
capacity; degree; standard Liu (Chinese surname) youth
trad. (前度劉郎)
simp. (前度刘郎)

Etymology

From a poem by Liu Yuxi, written when he returned to the capital after 14 years in exile and revisited a peach garden.

桃花菜花
道士何處前度劉郎
[Classical Chinese, trad.]
桃花菜花
道士何处前度刘郎
[Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Liu Yuxi, 再游玄都觀, 828 CE
Bǎi mǔ tíng zhōng bàn shì tái, táohuā jìng jìn càihuā kāi.
Zhòng táo dàoshì guī héchù, qián dù Liú láng jīn yòu lái.
The courtyard of a hundred mu is half-covered with moss, the peach blossoms are gone and only mallow flowers remain.
The priests who planted the peach trees are nowhere to be found, yet that Mr. Liu last time around is now here again!

Pronunciation


Idiom

前度劉郎

  1. someone who returns to a place they have once abandoned