{"path":"/entry/122222","title":"鼓盆 (gǔ pén) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"鼓盆 (gǔ pén): literally to drum on a bowl. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":122222,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["鼓盆"],"TRADITIONAL":["鼓盆"]}},"phonetic":"gǔ pén","phoneticKey":"gu3 pen2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to drum on a bowl","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"refers to Zhuangzi ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null},{"kind":"REF","text":null,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["庄子"],"TRADITIONAL":["莊子"]}},"phonetic":"Zhuāng zǐ","phoneticKey":"Zhuang1 zi3","readingId":92570},{"kind":"TEXT","text":" grieving for his lost wife","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively grief for a lost wife","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Zhuangzi's reaction to his wife's death","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"庄子妻死，惠子吊之。庄子则方箕踞，鼓盆而歌。惠子曰：『与人居，长子，老，身死，不哭，亦足矣，又鼓盆而歌，不亦甚乎！』","traditional":"莊子妻死，惠子弔之。莊子則方箕踞，鼓盆而歌。惠子曰：『與人居，長子，老，身死，不哭，亦足矣，又鼓盆而歌，不亦甚乎！』"},"phonetic":"Zhuāngzǐ qī sǐ, huìzǐ diào zhī. Zhuāngzǐ zé fāng jī jù, gǔ pén ér gē. Huìzǐ yuē: ‘Yǔ rén jū, zhǎng zǐ, lǎo, shēn sǐ, bù kū, yì zú yǐ, yòu gǔ pén ér gē, bù yì shèn hū!’","english":"When Zhuangzi's wife died, Hui Shi came to offer condolences to him. (He saw that) Zhuangzi was squatting with his knees out, and singing while drumming on his pan. Hui Shi said, “You've lived with her, she raised your children, and you grew up together. When she died, you didn't cry. That's already enough. Now you're just singing while drumming on your pan, isn't that too far?”","ref":"Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}