요산요수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 樂 (“to delight in”) + 山 (“hill, mountain”) + 樂 (“to delight in”) + 水 (“water”), from the Analects of Confucius:

子曰：「知者樂水，仁者樂山；知者動，仁者靜；知者樂，仁者壽。」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

자 왈 지자^(는) 요수^(하고) 인자^(는) 요산^(이니) 지자^(는) 동^(하고) 인자^(는) 정^(하며) 지자^(는) 낙^(하고) 인자^(는) 수^(이니라)
Ja wal: jija[-neun] yosu[-hago] inja[-neun] yosan[-ini] jija-[-neun] dong[-hago] inja[-neun] jeong[-hamyeo] jija[-neun] nak[-hago] inja[-neun] su[-inira] [Sino-Korean]

The Master said: "The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [josʰa̠ɲosʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [요사뇨수]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yosanyosu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yosan'yosu
McCune–Reischauer?	yosanyosu
Yale Romanization?	yosan.yoswu

Noun

요산요수 • (yosanyosu) (hanja 樂山樂水)

1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) finding pleasure in nature

Derived terms

• 요산요수(樂山樂水)하다 (yosanyosuhada, “to find pleasure in nature”)