鳧舄
Chinese
| wild duck; to swim | shoe; slipper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鳧舄) | 鳧 | 舄 | |
| simp. (凫舄) | 凫 | 舄 | |
| Literally: “duck-as-slipper”. | |||
Etymology
From a story of the Han-era adept Wang Qiao in the Book of the Later Han.
- 輒有雙鳧從東南飛來。於是候鳧至，舉羅張之，但得一隻舄焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
- Zhé yǒu shuāng fú cóng dōngnán fēi lái. Yúshì hòu fú zhì, jǔ luó zhāng zhī, dàn dé yī zhī xì yān. [Pinyin]
- Thereupon a pair of wild ducks flew in from the southeast. They then waited for the ducks to arrive and raised a net to capture them, but all they obtained was a slipper.
辄有双凫从东南飞来。于是候凫至，举罗张之，但得一只舄焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
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