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Chinese
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awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my |
thorns; brambles
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| trad. (拙荊/拙荆)
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拙
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荊/荆
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| simp. (拙荆)
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拙
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荆
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Etymology
From the story of Meng Guang (孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong (梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.
Pronunciation
Noun
拙荊
- (literary, humble) my wife
Synonyms