bất cốc

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 不穀

Pronunciation

Noun

bất cốc

  1. (obsolete, Chinese fiction, humble, by an East Asian monarch) I/me
    • Late 4th century BCE, Zuozhuan; 1995 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kỳ Nam; 2016, English translation by Durrant, Li, & Schaberg
      Nếu công tử trở vế nước Tấn thì sẽ báo đáp bất cốc như thế nào?
      If you, the noble son, were to return to the domain of Jin, how would you repay me, the deficient one?

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