陋室 lòushì humble abode Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 陋室铭 lòushìmíng Loushiming Epigraph on a Humble Abode; a famous short essay by the Tang Dynasty poet [[刘禹锡|劉禹錫|liu2 yu3 xi1]] expressing that a house's value comes from the character of its inhabitant rather than its luxury.