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Chinese
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Noun
欂櫨
- (architecture, literary) dougong
大構駕，興宮室，延樓棧道，雞棲井榦，檦枺欂櫨，以相支持，木巧之飾，盤紆刻儼，嬴鏤雕琢，詭文回波，淌游瀷淢， 此遁於木也。
大构驾，兴宫室，延楼栈道，鸡栖井干，檦枺欂栌，以相支持，木巧之饰，盘纡刻俨，嬴镂雕琢，诡文回波，淌游瀷淢， 此遁于木也。 - From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- Dà gòujià, xīng gōngshì, yánlóu zhàndào, jīqī jǐnggàn, biǎomò bólú, yǐ xiāng zhīchí, mù qiǎo zhī shì, pán yū kè yǎn, yínglòu diāozhuó, guǐwén huíbō, chǎngyóu yìyù, cǐ dùn yú mù yě.
- Firstly, some sovereigns love extremely huge and magnificent palaces. With rows and rows of lofty constructions, and the plank roads set up inside and among them are as numerous as well railings. Pillars and wooden square blocks inserted between the tops of columns and crossbeams support each other. These structures are decorated with various figures such as tortuous dragons and tigers with perked heads. All these decorated figures and patterns are as complicated and fecund as the ripples and swirls of a flowing river... Above is the overindulgence in creature cormfort provided by the wood.
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