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叟
sǒu
old man; elder
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Words Using 叟 (7)
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叟
sǒu
old gentleman / old man
叟
sǒu
old gentleman / old man
杰弗里・乔叟
Jiéfúlǐ·Qiáosǒu
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales [[坎特伯雷故事集<KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí>]]
杰弗里・乔叟
Jiéfúlǐ·Qiáosǒu
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales [[坎特伯雷故事集<KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí>]]
北叟失马
běisǒushīmǎ
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
北叟失马
běisǒushīmǎ
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
乔叟
Qiáosǒu
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales [[坎特伯雷故事集<KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí>]]
乔叟
Qiáosǒu
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales [[坎特伯雷故事集<KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí>]]
老叟
lǎosǒu
old man
老叟
lǎosǒu
old man
童叟无欺
tóngsǒuwúqī
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童叟无欺
tóngsǒuwúqī
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
野叟曝言
YěsǒuPùyán
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu [[夏敬渠<XiàJìngqú>]]
野叟曝言
YěsǒuPùyán
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu [[夏敬渠<XiàJìngqú>]]
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⿱⿻臼丨又
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