būkè

逋客

Word · Noun

fugitive; hermit; recluse

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Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

noun

a fugitive; a person who flees or lives in exile

literary

A classical Chinese term referring to someone who has escaped from authority or danger, often with a sense of displacement.

Zhàn战
luàn乱
zhī之
hòu后
 ，
shān山
zhōng中
duō多
bū逋
kè客
 。

After the war, the mountains were full of fugitives.

Tā他
rú如
bū逋
kè客
bān般
táo逃
lí离
le了
dū都
chéng城
 。

He fled the capital like a fugitive.

2.

noun

a hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society

literary

Often refers to a scholar or official who withdraws from public life to live in seclusion, typically in nature.

Nà那
wèi位
shī诗
rén人
wǎn晚
nián年
chéng成
le了
shān山
zhōng中
de的
bū逋
kè客
 。

In his later years, that poet became a hermit in the mountains.

Zhú竹
lín林
qī七
xián贤
zhōng中
duō多
yǒu有
bū逋
kè客
zhī之
zhì志
 。

Among the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, many had the aspiration of a recluse.