屏風

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      屏 風
      屏風: a folding screen from the 17th century
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      Etymology

      From Middle Chinese 屏風 (/beng pjuwng/). Compare modern simplified Mandarin 屏风 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      屏風 (hiragana びょうぶ, romaji byōbu, historical hiragana びゃうぶ)

      1. a folding screen

      Derived terms

      Derived terms
      • 屏風岩 (びょうぶいわ, byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
      • 屏風絵 (びょうぶえ, byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
      • 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押 (びょうぶおさえ, byōbu osae): a lead or ceramic weight used to prop up a folding screen and keep it from falling over
      • 屏風返し, 屏風反し (びょうぶがえし, byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
      • 屏風草 (びょうぶぐさ, byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
      • 屏風倒し (びょうぶだおし, byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
      • 屏風山 (びょうぶやま, byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen

      Idioms

      • 屏風と商人は直にては立たぬ (びょうぶとあきんどはすぐにてはたたぬ, byōbu to akindo wa sugu nite wa tatanu): "folding screens and business people don't get set up immediately" → setting up a folding screen or a business relationship takes time and preparation
      • 屏風と商人は曲がらねば世に立たず (びょうぶとあきんどはまがらねばよにたたず, byōbu to akindo wa magaraneba yo ni tatazu): "folding screens and business people won't stand in this world if they don't bend" → both folding screens and business people must be capable of bending (being flexible) if they are to stand up properly (be successful)
      • 屏風を返す (びょうぶをかえす, byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
      • 屏風畳に炭油 (びょうぶたたみにすみあぶら, byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household


      simpl. 屏风
      trad. 屏風
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      Mandarin

      Noun

      屏風 (traditional, Pinyin píngfēng, simplified 屏风)

      1. screen (temporary partition)
        放上屏風
        fàngshàng píngfēng
        put up a screen
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      Last modified on 4 March 2013, at 02:38