| 楚 | 39A40 10.83 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄔㄨˇ [chu3] | ||
| N. | (1) (AC) a thistle. (2) A punishing rod: 夏楚 (LL) spanking, spanking rod. (3) Name of ancient kingdom, roughly modern Hupei: 楚材晉用 (allu.) a great person given important post by another country; 楚弓楚得 (楚人失弓，楚人得之) (AC) the King of [chu3] lost a bow and gave up the search, contenting himself with the thought that it was most probably found by one of his countrymen and therefore not a loss. (4) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Painful: 痛楚 pain, -ful 苦楚 (also v.t. & n.) a distress, distressed, to distress; 酸楚 pitiful, sad. (2) Neat, clear: 清楚 clear; 楚楚 [chu3chu3]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 楚囚 [chu3qiu2], n., (allu.) a held prisoner, man in difficult straits. 2. 楚楚 [chu2chu3], adj., (1) bright and clear; (2) luxuriant; (3) 楚楚可憐 delicate and touching (girl); 楚楚動人 delicate and attractive. 3. 楚服 [chu3fu2], n., (AC) full formal dress 4. 楚歌 [chu3ge1], phr., 四面楚歌 (allu.) surrounded on all sides by enemy (who sang“the Songs of [chu3]”). 5. 楚腰 [chu3yao1], n., slender waist--from allu., the King of [chu3] loved women with slender waistline. | |||||