畫荻

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Chinese

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draw; picture; painting Miscanthus sacchariflorus
trad. (畫荻)
simp. (画荻)

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Verb

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畫荻

  1. to write with a reed or a straw
    • 畫荻孤兒 [MSC, trad.]
      画荻孤儿 [MSC, simp.]
      From: Zuo Xijia (左錫嘉, female poet, 1831-1894), “Miscellaneous Lines Written to Express My feelings”
      Huàdí jiào gū'ér. [Pinyin]
      With nothing to teach my orphans, I used a straw to draw characters on the ground.

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