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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
機杼
- (literary, literal) loom
昔孟母，擇鄰處。子不學，斷機杼。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: Three Character Classic, circa 13th century CE
- Xī Mèng mǔ, zé lín chù. Zǐ bù xué, duàn jīzhù.
- Of old, the mother of Mencius chose a neighbourhood; and when her child would not learn, she broke the shuttle from the loom.
唧唧復唧唧，木蘭當戶織。不聞機杼聲，惟聞女嘆息。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
唧唧复唧唧，木兰当户织。不闻机杼声，惟闻女叹息。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Ballad of Mulan, circa 6ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ
- Jījī fù jījī, Mùlán dāng hù zhī. Bù wén jīzhù shēng, wéi wén nǚ tànxī.
- The sound of one sigh after another, as Mulan weaves at the doorway. No sound of the loom and shuttle, only that of the girl lamenting.
- (literary, figurative) conception (of a piece of writing)
Synonyms
- (conception): 杼軸／杼轴 (zhùzhóu)
Derived terms