屏風
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See also: 屏风
Chinese[edit]
(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside (standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back |
wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner | ||
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trad. (屏風) | 屏 | 風 | |
simp. (屏风) | 屏 | 风 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
屏風
- folding screen (temporary partition) (Classifier: 扇)
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Descendants[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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屏 | 風 |
びょう Hyōgaiji |
ふ > ぶ Grade: 2 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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屛風 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 屏風/屏风 (beng pjuwng). Compare modern Mandarin 屏風/屏风 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.
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Usage notes[edit]
The byōbu is different from the 衝立障子 (tsuitate shōji, another kind of folding screen) in that the byōbu is made of solid panels typically covered in lacquer, gold leaf, or a painted scene, while the tsuitate shōji is made from panels of shōji (a screen covered in rice paper).
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 屏風岩 (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
- 屏風絵 (byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
- 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押 (byōbu osae): a lead or ceramic weight used to prop up a folding screen and keep it from falling over
- 屏風返し, 屏風反し (byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
- 屏風草 (byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or Saposhnikovia divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
- 屏風倒し (byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風山 (byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen
Idioms[edit]
Idioms
- 屏風と商人は直にては立たぬ (byōbu to akindo wa sugu nite wa tatanu): "folding screens and business people don't get set up immediately" → setting up a folding screen or a business relationship takes time and preparation
- 屏風と商人は曲がらねば世に立たず (byōbu to akindo wa magaraneba yo ni tatazu): "folding screens and business people won't stand in this world if they don't bend" → both folding screens and business people must be capable of bending (being flexible) if they are to stand up properly (be successful)
- 屏風を返す (byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風畳に炭油 (byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household
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Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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屏 | 風 |
Noun[edit]
屏風
- chữ Hán form of bình phong (“screen; blind”).
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