yù

菀

Character · Adjective

luxuriant; flourishing; lush (literary)

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Meanings

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1.

adjective

(literary) luxuriant; lush; flourishing (of vegetation); exuberant

archaic

Classical Chinese usage, found in ancient texts like the Book of Songs (诗经). Describes thriving vegetation.

Yù菀
bǐ彼
liǔ柳
sī斯
 ，
míng鸣
tiáo蜩
huì嘒
huì嘒
 。

Luxuriant are those willows, the singing cicadas chirp.

Zǐ紫
wǎn菀
 （
cǐ此
chù处
dú读
wǎnw
suīǎ
yǐn
 ）
huā虽
míng以
rán花
qí名
 ，
cǎo然
yì其
yù草
mào亦
yú菀
 （
yěy
 ù
 ）
 茂
 于
 野
 。

Though purple aster (wǎn) is named for its flower, its grass also grows luxuriantly (yù) in the wild.

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Yù菀
kū枯
yíng盈
xū虚
 ，
tiān天
dào道
zhī之
cháng常
yě也
 。

Flourishing and withering, fullness and emptiness—these are the constants of heaven's way.