墓木已拱

Chinese

			already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards	fold hands in salute; to arch
trad. (墓木已拱)		墓木	已	拱
simp. #(墓木已拱)		墓木	已	拱

Etymology

Originally from a curse uttered by the Duke Mu of Qin to Jianshu:

爾何知！中壽，爾墓之木拱矣！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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尔何知！中寿，尔墓之木拱矣！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Ěr hé zhī! Zhōngshòu, ěr mù zhī mù gǒng yǐ! [Pinyin]

What do you know! Had you, old thing, died at an average age, trees by your grave would have grown larger trunks than what could be embraced with both arms!

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùmùyǐgǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵ gung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùmùyǐgǒng [Phonetic: mùmùyígǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùmùyǐgǒng
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-mu⁴-i³-kung³
    • Yale: mù-mù-yǐ-gǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhmuhyiigoong
    • Palladius: мумуигун (mumuigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ muk⁶ ji⁵ gung²
    • Yale: mouh muhk yíh gúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ muk⁹ ji⁵ gung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ mug⁶ yi⁵ gung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² mʊk̚² jiː¹³ kʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

墓木已拱

1. to have been dead for a long time