柔荑
Chinese
soft | to weed; (grass) | ||
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simp. and trad. (柔荑) | 柔 | 荑 |
Pronunciation
Noun
柔荑
- (literary) bud of the cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
- 手如柔荑。膚如凝脂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shǒu rú róutí. Fū rú níngzhī. [Pinyin]
- Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
Her skin was like congealed ointment;
手如柔荑。肤如凝脂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, by extension) bud; shoot
- (literary, figuratively) soft and beautiful hand of a woman
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