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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
tree; wood
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simp. and trad.
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土
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木
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Pronunciation
Noun
土木
- building; construction
- (literally) earth and wood
土木其形，竊吾民之酒牲，固無以名；土木其智，竊吾君之禄位，如何可議？
土木其形，窃吾民之酒牲，固无以名；土木其智，窃吾君之禄位，如何可议？ - From: c. late 9th century, 陸龜蒙 (Lu Guimeng),《野廟碑》, tr. David Pollard
- Tǔmù qí xíng, qiè wú mín zhī jiǔshēng, gù wúyǐ míng; tǔmù qí zhì, qiè wú jūn zhī lùwèi, rúhé kě yì?
- Of wood and clay their form and shaping.
Our peasants' wine and meat their sinful taking;
Yet we cannot give their crime a name.
Of wood and clay their worthless brains,
Our sovereign's pay their unearned gains;
On them we pass what judgment, lay what blame?
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
土木 • (doboku)
- public works
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