yuān sǒu

Traditional: 淵藪

渊薮 (yuān sǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed”.

Meanings

  1. 1(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures
  2. 2(fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed

Characters in 渊薮

渊yuān · deep pool薮sǒu · marsh

Related words

深渊abyss渊源origin渊博erudite渊deep pool薮marsh不啻天渊no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)九渊abyss塞渊honest and far-seeing天渊distance between two poles如临深渊lit. as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom)旋渊abyss

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