人琴俱杳
rén​qín​jù​yǎo

the man and his lute are both gone

  • created reference approved 人琴俱杳 → 人琴俱亡 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人琴俱杳 rén​qín​jù​yǎo

    人琴俱亡 rén​qín​jù​wáng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 人琴俱杳 · rén​qín​jù​yǎo · the man and his lute are both gone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人琴俱杳

    rén​qín​jù​yǎo

    the man and his lute are both gone

    A phrase used to express deep grief over the death of a friend, implying that looking at their belongings only increases the sorrow of their loss; specifically used in elegiac couplets for men.

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 琴 (literal) → 琴 · qín · guqin 俱 (literal) → 俱 · jù · all 杳 (literal) → 杳 · yǎo · vanishing

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense