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Quotation Translation[edit]

Under the Chinese definitions for this character, there's this entry:

  1. (literary, or in compounds) to long for; to yearn for; to feel attached to quotations ▲
      ―  liúliàn  ―  to be reluctant to leave

羁鸟池鱼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

    • From: 5th century, Tao Yuanming, 歸園田居·其一
      Jīniǎo liàn jiù lín, chíyú sī gù yuān. [Pinyin]
      (please add an English translation of this example)

I don't know how to add it myself, but I found a translation of the quotation given. "A caged bird would long for wonted wood, And fish in ponds for native pools would yearn."

My source is this site but I'm not sure if it would be a good source to go from. CeruleanBeat04 (talk) 08:18, 10 March 2023 (UTC)Reply