逋逃藪

Chinese

		to flee; to abscond; fugitive	marsh; place of concourse
trad. (逋逃藪)		逋逃	藪
simp. (逋逃薮)		逋逃	薮

Etymology

From the Book of Documents.

今商王受無道，暴殄天物，害虐烝民，為天下逋逃主，萃淵藪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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今商王受无道，暴殄天物，害虐烝民，为天下逋逃主，萃渊薮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jīn Shāng wáng Shòu wúdào, bàotiǎn tiānwù, hàinüè zhēngmín, wéi tiānxià būtáo zhǔ, cuì yuānsǒu. [Pinyin]

Shou, the present king of Shang, is without principle, cruel and destructive to the creatures of Heaven, injurious and tyrannical to the multitudes of the people, lord of all the vagabonds under heaven, who collect about him as fish in the deep, and beasts in the prairie.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): būtáosǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨ ㄊㄠˊ ㄙㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹ tou⁴ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: būtáosǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨ ㄊㄠˊ ㄙㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: butáosǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pu¹-tʻao²-sou³
    • Yale: bū-táu-sǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butaursoou
    • Palladius: бутаосоу (butaosou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou¹ tou⁴ sau²
    • Yale: bōu tòuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ tou⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ tou⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

逋逃藪

1. (literary) refuge for fugitives