cảo thơm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 芳稿 (phương cảo).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˩ tʰəːm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˨ tʰəːm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ tʰəːm˧˧]

Noun

cảo thơm

  1. a manuscript kept in aromatics in order to be preserved from insects; (figurative, literary) literary masterpiece
    Synonym: kiểu thơm
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1], published 1870, lines 7–8:
      藁(Cảo)𦹳(thơm)吝(lần)𢷣(giở)𠓀(trước)畑(đèn)
      風(Phong)情(tình)古(cổ)錄(lục)群(còn)傳(truyền)史(sử)撑(xanh)
      Turning scented pages of an old volume under an oil lamp,
      I started reading a long-ago tale of love and romance.
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