拙荊

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Chinese

awkward; clumsy; dull
awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
 
thorns; brambles
trad. (拙荊)
simp. (拙荆)

Etymology

From the story of Meng Guang ((deprecated template usage) 孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong ((deprecated template usage) 梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 拙荊

  1. (literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)