zhì​sǒu

wise old man

  • created reference approved 智叟 → 愚公 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    智叟 zhì​sǒu

    愚公 yú​gōng

    see

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 智叟 · zhì​sǒu · wise old man — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    智叟

    zhì​sǒu

    wise old man

    a wise old man; often used as a proper name for the cynical character in the fable of [[愚公|愚公|yu2 gong1]] who mocked the effort to move mountains

    智 (literal) → 智 · zhì · wisdom; wise 叟 (literal) → 叟 · sǒu · old man

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

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