隴畝

隴畝

1. farmland; field

   • 然羽非有尺寸，乘勢起隴畝之中，三年，遂將五諸侯滅秦，分裂天下，而封王侯，政由羽出，號為「霸王」，位雖不終，近古以來未嘗有也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     然羽非有尺寸，乘势起陇亩之中，三年，遂将五诸侯灭秦，分裂天下，而封王侯，政由羽出，号为「霸王」，位虽不终，近古以来未尝有也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Rán Yǔ fēi yǒu chǐcùn, chéngshì qǐ lǒngmǔ zhī zhōng, sān nián, suì jiàng wǔ zhūhóu miè Qín, fēnliè tiānxià, ér fēng wánghóu, zhèng yóu Yǔ chū, hào wéi “bàwáng”, wèi suī bù zhōng, jìngǔ yǐlái wèicháng yǒu yě. [Pinyin]

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   • 縱有健婦把鋤犁，禾生隴畝無東西。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     纵有健妇把锄犁，禾生陇亩无东西。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen

     Zòng yǒu jiànfù bǎ chúlí, hé shēng lǒngmǔ wú dōngxī. [Pinyin]

     Even though there are sturdy wives to hold the hoe and plow, the grain grows on the field boundary slopes and one can’t tell east from west.