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執子之手與子偕老
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Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
執 执 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih shuu / shu しゅう |
to execute (a plan); to grasp (archaism) attachment; obsession; persistence; (male given name) Mamoru grah, grabh ; graha. To seize, grasp, hold on to, maintain; obstinate. |
子 see styles |
zi zi5 tzu ne ね |
(noun suffix) (1) the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 子の刻) hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); (3) (obsolete) north; (4) (obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Nene kumāra; son; seed; sir; 11-1 midnight. |
之 see styles |
zhī zhi1 chih yuki ゆき |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it (particle) (archaism) possessive particle; (pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki of |
手 see styles |
shǒu shou3 shou te て |
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. |
與 与 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoshi よし |
to take part in (personal name) Yoshi Give, grant; with, associate; present at, share in; mark of interrogation or exclamation. |
偕 see styles |
xié xie2 hsieh kai |
in company with together |
偕老 see styles |
xié lǎo xie2 lao3 hsieh lao kairou / kairo かいろう |
More info & calligraphy: Growing Old Togethergrowing old together |
老 see styles |
lǎo lao3 lao rou / ro ろう |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough (n,n-pref,n-suf) (1) old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (used by the elderly) I; me; my humble self; (surname) Rou jarā; old, old age. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 8 results for "執子之手與子偕老" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
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Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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