敝邑

敝邑

Chinese

		my (polite); poor; ruined my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated	city
simp. and trad. (敝邑)		敝	邑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìyì
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

敝邑

1. (archaic) my home country (or city)
   • Warring States Period: Zuo Qiuming, Zuo Zhuan (春秋左氏傳˙宣公十五年)

     敝邑易子而食，析骸以爨。

     In the city we are exchanging our children and eating them, and splitting up their bones for fuel. (James Legge)

References

• “BOOK VII. DUKE XUAN”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan‎ (in English), accessed 2011-02-27