爛柯

Chinese

 
rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely
handle of axe; stem
trad. (爛柯)
simp. (烂柯)
Literally: “rotten axe handle”.

Etymology

From the story of the woodcutter Wang Zhi (王質) during the Western Jin dynasty. See Ranka (legend) on Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (28)
Final () (61) (94)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑnH/ /kɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑnH/ /kɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑnH/ /kɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lanH/ /ka/
Li
Rong
/lɑnH/ /kɑ/
Wang
Li
/lɑnH/ /kɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑnH/ /kɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
làn

Noun

爛柯

  1. (literary, figuratively) fleeting passage of time

Derived terms

  • 爛柯亭烂柯亭
  • 爛柯人烂柯人
  • 爛柯仙客烂柯仙客
  • 爛柯山烂柯山
  • 爛柯樵烂柯樵
  • 王質爛柯王质烂柯

Verb

爛柯

  1. (literary, figuratively) to play chess
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