漱石枕流
shù​shí​zhěn​liú

to live as a hermit

  • created reference approved 漱石枕流 → 枕石漱流 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    漱石枕流 shù​shí​zhěn​liú

    枕石漱流 zhěn​shí​shù​liú

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 漱石枕流 · shù​shí​zhěn​liú · to live as a hermit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    漱石枕流

    shù​shí​zhěn​liú

    to live as a hermit

    Living a life of noble seclusion, based on a famous slip of the tongue where a scholar meant to say "pillow the rocks and rinse in the stream" but said "rinse with rocks and pillow the stream"

    shù​shí​zhèn​liú

    漱 (literal) → 漱 · shù · to rinse 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 枕 (literal) → 枕 · zhěn · to rest the head on 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow

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