愚人
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Mandarin [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ y˧˥ɻən˥˩ ]
Noun [edit]
愚人 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yúrén)
- fool, simpleton
- 18th century, Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, chapter 65 (in Chinese):
- Traditional: 尤二姐滴淚說道：“你們拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。
- Simplified: 尤二姐滴泪说道：“你们拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。
- Pinyin: Yóuèrjiě dīlèi shuōdào: "Nǐmen ná wǒ zuò yúrén dài, shénme shì wǒ bù zhī.
- Second Sister You said with tears dripping, “You treat me like a fool. Whatever it is, I do not know.
- Tang Dynasty, 毛诗序, 诗经‧小雅‧鸿雁之什‧鸿雁, third line (in Chinese):
- Traditional: 鴻雁于飛、哀鳴嗷嗷。維此哲人、謂我劬勞。維彼愚人、謂我宣驕。
- Simplified: 鸿雁于飞、哀鸣嗷嗷。维此哲人、谓我劬劳。维彼愚人、谓我宣骄。
- Pinyin: Hóngyàn yú fēi, āimíng áo-áo. Wéi cĭ zhérén, wèi wŏ qúláo Wéi bĭ yúrén, wèi wŏ xuānjiāo.
- The wild geese are flying about, and melancholy is their cry of ao-ao. There were they, wise men, who recognized our pain and toil; If they had been stupid men, They would have said we were proclaiming our insolence.
- 18th century, Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, chapter 65 (in Chinese):
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References [edit]
- "愚人" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-07-25.
- Sturgeon, Donald J. (2009-07-02), "Book of Poetry : Minor odes of the kingdom : Decade Of Tong Gong : Hong Yan - Chinese Text Project", Chinese Text Project. URL accessed on 2009-07-25.
