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北叟失馬 北叟失马 [bei3 sou3 shi1 ma3] /lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)/fig. a blessing in disguise/it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good/ 4953 1
傑弗里·喬叟 杰弗里·乔叟 [Jie2 fu2 li3 · Qiao2 sou3] /Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]/ 4073 1
坎特伯雷故事集 坎特伯雷故事集 [Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] /The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟[Qiao2 sou3]/ 4218 1
老叟 老叟 [lao3 sou3] /old man/ 6882 1
喬叟 乔叟 [Qiao2 sou3] /Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]/ 4509 1
[sou3] /old gentleman/old man/ 6338 1
童叟無欺 童叟无欺 [tong2 sou3 wu2 qi1] /cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously/Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike./ 6353 1
夏敬渠 夏敬渠 [Xia4 Jing4 qu2] /Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder/ 4713 1
野叟曝言 野叟曝言 [Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] /Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2]/ 4713 1

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