曠野
Chinese
waste; wilderness | field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild | ||
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trad. (曠野) | 曠 | 野 | |
simp. (旷野) | 旷 | 野 |
Pronunciation
Noun
曠野
- wilderness
- 匪兕匪虎,率彼曠野。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Fēi sì fēi hǔ, lǜ bǐ kuàngyě. [Pinyin]
- We are not rhinoceroses, we are not tigers, to be kept in these desolate wilds.
匪兕匪虎,率彼旷野。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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曠 | 野 |
こう Hyōgaiji |
や Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 曠野 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 曠野, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.) |
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