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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 樂 (“to delight in”) + 山 (“hill, mountain”) + 樂 (“to delight in”) + 水 (“water”), from the Analects of Confucius:
子曰：「知者樂水，仁者樂山；知者動，仁者靜；知者樂，仁者壽。」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- 자 왈 지자(는) 요수(하고) 인자(는) 요산(이니) 지자(는) 동(하고) 인자(는) 정(하며) 지자(는) 낙(하고) 인자(는) 수(이니라)
Ja wal: jija yosu inja yosan jija- dong inja jeong jija nak inja su [Sino-Korean] - The Master said: "The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yosanyosu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yosan'yosu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yosanyosu |
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| Yale Romanization? | yosan.yoswu |
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Noun
요산요수 • (yosanyosu) (hanja 樂山樂水)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) finding pleasure in nature
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