曲肱之樂
qū​gōng​zhī​lè

simple contentment

  • created sense approved 曲肱之乐/曲肱之樂 · qū​gōng​zhī​lè · simple contentment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曲肱之乐 / 曲肱之樂

    qū​gōng​zhī​lè

    simple contentment

    the pleasure of simple living even in poverty; literally the joy of bending one's arm for a pillow

    曲 (literal) → 曲 · qū · to bend 肱 (literal) → 肱 · gōng · arm 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · lè · pleasure

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

    created sense