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侏儒
侏儒
Chinese
dwarf | scholar; Confucian | ||
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simp. and trad. (侏儒) |
侏 | 儒 | |
alt. forms |
朱儒 obsolete 邾需 obsolete |
Noun
侏儒
- dwarf; pygmy; midget
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- 瘖、聾、跛、躃、斷者、侏儒、百工,各以其器食之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 瘖、聋、跛、躃、断者、侏儒、百工,各以其器食之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- From: The Book of Rites, circa 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Yīn, lóng, bǒ, bì, duàn zhě, zhūrú, bǎi gōng, gè yǐ qí qì shí zhī. [Pinyin]
- The dumb, the deaf, the lame, such as had lost a member, pygmies, and mechanics, were all fed according to what work they were able to do.
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