拙荊
Chinese
awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my | thorns; brambles | ||
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trad. (拙荊) | 拙 | 荊 | |
simp. (拙荆) | 拙 | 荆 |
Etymology
From the story of Meng Guang (孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong (梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.
Pronunciation
Noun
拙荊
- (literary, humble) my wife
Synonyms
- 內人/内人 (nèirén)
- 內子/内子 (nèizǐ)
- 山荊/山荆 (shānjīng)
- 山妻 (shānqī)