tú
菟
archaic name for tiger
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
used in 'wutu', an ancient Chu dialect name for tiger
archaicOnly appears in the compound 於菟 (wūtú), an archaic literary term.
Wū於
tú菟
shì是
gǔ古
dài代
Chǔ楚
rén人
duì对
lǎo老
hǔ虎
de的
chēng称
hu呼
。
Wutu was what the ancient Chu people called the tiger.
《
Zuǒ左
zhuàn传
》
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
le了
Lìng令
yǐn尹
Zǐ子
wén文
bèi被
qì弃
yú于
yě野
，
hǔ虎
rǔ乳
zhī之
，
Chǔ楚
rén人
wèi谓
hǔ虎
wū於
tú菟
。
The Zuo Zhuan records that Prime Minister Ziwen was abandoned in the wild and nursed by a tiger, which the Chu people called 'wutu'.