齏臼
Chinese
| fragment; spices | mortar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (齏臼) | 齏 | 臼 | |
| simp. (齑臼) | 齑 | 臼 | |
Etymology
Sense 2 is from the mortar's containing (受 (shòu)) spice (辛 (xīn)), and 受 and 辛 can be combined as 辤.
- 魏武嘗過曹娥碑下，楊脩從，碑背上見題作「黃絹幼婦，外孫齏臼」八字。魏武謂脩曰：「解不？」答曰：「解。」魏武曰：「卿未可言，待我思之。」行三十里，魏武乃曰：「吾已得。」令脩別記所知。脩曰：「黃絹，色絲也，於字為絕。幼婦，少女也，於字為妙。外孫，女子也，於字為好。齏臼，受辛也，於字為辤。所謂『絕妙好辤』也。」魏武亦記之，與脩同，乃嘆曰：「我才不及卿，乃覺三十里。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
- Wèi Wǔ cháng guò Cáo É bēi xià, Yáng Xiūcóng, bēibèi shàng jiàn tí zuò “huángjuàn yòufù, wàisūn jījiù” bā zì. Wèi Wǔ wèi Xiū yuē: “Jiě bù?” Dá yuē: “Jiě.” Wèi wǔ yuē: “Qīng wèi kě yán, dài wǒ sī zhī.” Xíng sānshí lǐ, Wèi Wǔ nǎi yuē: “Wú yǐ dé.” Lìng Xiū bié jì suǒ zhī. Xiū yuē: “Huángjuàn, sè sī yě, yú zì wèi jué. Yòufù, shàonǚ yě, yú zì wèi miào. Wàisūn, nǚzǐ yě, yú zì wèi hǎo. Jī jiù, shòu xīn yě, yú zì wèi 辤. Suǒwèi ‘juémiàohǎo辤’ yě.” Wèi Wǔ yì jì zhī, yǔ Xiū tóng, nǎi tàn yuē: “Wǒ cái bù jí qīng, nǎi jiào sānshí lǐ.” [Pinyin]
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魏武尝过曹娥碑下，杨脩从，碑背上见题作“黄绢幼妇，外孙齑臼”八字。魏武谓脩曰：“解不？”答曰：“解。”魏武曰：“卿未可言，待我思之。”行三十里，魏武乃曰：“吾已得。”令脩别记所知。脩曰：“黄绢，色丝也，于字为绝。幼妇，少女也，于字为妙。外孙，女子也，于字为好。齑臼，受辛也，于字为辤。所谓‘绝妙好辤’也。”魏武亦记之，与脩同，乃叹曰：“我才不及卿，乃觉三十里。” [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Noun
齏臼
- mortar used to pound spice
- Ci (poetry)