cảo thơm

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 芳稿 (phương cảo).

Pronunciation

Noun

cảo thơm

  1. scented pages; (figurative, literary) literary masterpiece
    Synonym: kiểu thơm
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều), published 1870, lines 7–8:
      (Cảo)𦹳(thơm)(lần)𢷣(giở)𠓀(trước)(đèn)
      (Phong)(tình)(cổ)(lục)(còn)(truyền)(sử)(xanh)
      Turning scented pages of an old volume under an oil lamp,
      I started reading a long-ago tale of love and romance.