Saturday 7 January 2012

The Cypress grows on Wudang Mountain

Chapter 2 Column


ji6 - two
mou5 - force; military, martial
當 / 当 dong1 - undertake; assume; face
saan1 - mountain; hill; peak
武當山 mou5 dong1 saan1 - Wudang Mountains (Pinyin is wu3 dang1)
頂 / 顶 deng2 / ding2 - the top of anything
cung4 - pine tree, fir tree
鬆 / 松 sung1 – lax; loose; slack; loosen; relax; soft; light
paak3 / baak3 - cypress
coeng4 / zoeng2 / zoeng6 - long; length; to grow
五一 ng5 jat1 – fifty one

For now, I would tentatively understand this as "The pine growing on the top of Wudang Mountain".

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