樂土
Chinese
music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful |
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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trad. (樂土) | 樂 | 土 | |
simp. (乐土) | 乐 | 土 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lètǔ
- Wade–Giles: lê4-tʻu3
- Yale: lè-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtuu
- Palladius: лэту (lɛtu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɤ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 樂土
- land of happiness; paradise
- 逝將去女,適彼樂土。樂土樂土,爰得我所。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shì jiāng qù rǔ, shì bǐ lètǔ. Lètǔ lètǔ, yuán dé wǒ suǒ. [Pinyin]
- We will leave you,
And go to that happy land.
Happy land! Happy land!
There shall we find our place.
逝将去女,适彼乐土。乐土乐土,爰得我所。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]