茂林修竹

Chinese

		luxuriant	woods; forest	tall bamboo; bamboo in uniform rows
trad. (茂林修竹)		茂	林	修竹
simp. #(茂林修竹)		茂	林	修竹

Etymology

From Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion, by Wang Xizhi.

「此地有崇山峻嶺，茂林修竹。」 [MSC, trad.]

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「此地有崇山峻岭，茂林修竹。」 [MSC, simp.]

From: Jin Dynasty (265–420), 王羲之 (Wang Xizhi), Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion

“cǐ dì yǒu chóngshānjùnlǐng, màolínxiūzhú.” [Pinyin]

Here there are high mountains and lofty peaks; an exuberant growth of trees and bamboos.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màolínxiūzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁶ lam⁴ sau³ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màolínxiūzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màolínsioujhú
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-lin²-hsiu¹-chu²
    • Yale: màu-lín-syōu-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawlinshioujwu
    • Palladius: маолиньсючжу (maolinʹsjučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁶ lam⁴ sau³ zuk¹
    • Yale: mauh làhm sau jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁶ lam⁴ sau³ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁶ lem⁴ seo³ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²² lɐm²¹ sɐu̯³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

茂林修竹

1. an exuberant growth of trees and bamboos; (figurative) place with serene and beautiful landscapes

See also

• 崇山峻嶺／崇山峻岭 (chóngshānjùnlǐng)