機杼

機杼

1. (literary, literal) loom

   • 昔孟母，擇鄰處。子不學，斷機杼。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE

     Xī Mèng mǔ, zé lín chù. Zǐ bù xué, duàn jīzhù. [Pinyin]

     Of old, the mother of Mencius chose a neighbourhood; and when her child would not learn, she broke the shuttle from the loom.

   • 唧唧復唧唧，木蘭當戶織。不聞機杼聲，惟聞女嘆息。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     唧唧复唧唧，木兰当户织。不闻机杼声，惟闻女叹息。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ballad of Mulan, circa 6ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ

     Jījī fù jījī, Mùlán dāng hù zhī. Bù wén jīzhù shēng, wéi wén nǚ tànxī. [Pinyin]

     The sound of one sigh after another, as Mulan weaves at the doorway. No sound of the loom and shuttle, only that of the girl lamenting.

2. (literary, figurative) conception (of a piece of writing)

• (conception): 杼軸／杼轴 (zhùzhóu)