呦呦

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

呦呦

(onomatopoeia, literary) the cry of a deer
- 呦呦鹿鳴，食野之蒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  呦呦鹿鸣，食野之蒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Yōuyōu lùmíng, shí yě zhī hāo. [Pinyin]
  With pleased sounds the deer call to one another,
  Eating the southernwood of the fields.

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