黍離

See also: 黍离

Chinese

		broomcorn millet; glutinous millet	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (黍離)		黍	離
simp. (黍离)		黍	离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔlí
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-li²
    • Yale: shǔ-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuli
    • Palladius: шули (šuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/

Noun

黍離

1. (archaic) sorrow; sadness

Proper noun

黍離

1. Shuli (the title of a poem in the Book of Songs)

   • 因自度此曲，千巖老人以為有《黍離》之悲也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     因自度此曲，千岩老人以为有《黍离》之悲也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1176, Dec 14, Jiang Kui (姜夔), 《揚州慢•淮左名都》, translation based on the work by Zhuo Zhenying

     Yīn zì dù cǐ qū, Qiānyánlǎorén yǐwéi yǒu “Shǔlí” zhī bēi yě. [Pinyin]

     Thus I composed this piece, which is regarded by Qianyan the senior (Xiao Dezao) as similar to Shuli.