愚 yú
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yú
adjective
stupid; doltish; foolish; ignorant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 笨 (CCD '愚' 1; Guoyu'愚' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '愚' 1, p. 567; Unihan '愚'; XHZD '愚' 1) -
yú
adjective
humble
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 谦辞, used in self-reference(CCD '愚' 3; Guoyu'愚' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '愚' 1a, p. 567; XHZD '愚' 2) -
yú
verb
to dupe; to deceive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 愚弄 (CCD '愚' 2; Guoyu'愚' v 1; XHZD '愚' 2) -
yú
pronoun
I; me
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a humble reference to oneself; for example, 愚以为 'In my humble opinion' (Guoyu'愚' pronoun; Pollard 2002, p. 26)
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- 愚昧 ignorant; uneducated
- 愚顽(愚頑) ignorant and stubborn
- 愚见(愚見) my humble opinion
- 贤愚有差(賢愚有差) to distinguish between the worthy and ignorant
- 愚鲁(愚魯) dull-witted; foolish
- 愚拙 clumsy and stupid
- 愚氓 fool; stupid person
- 愚痴(愚癡) ignorance; stupidity
- 愚钝(愚鈍) stupid; slow-witted
- 愚者不及 a fool is not sufficient
- 愚陋 ignorant and backward
- 愚懦 ignorant and timid
- 愚弱 ignorant and feeble
- 愚騃 stupid; foolish
- 愚孝 unquestioning filial piety
- 大勇若怯，大智若愚 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid
- 愚人节(愚人節) April Fools' Day
- 愚蒙(愚矇) ignorant; stupid
- 愚以为(愚以為) in my humble view
- 愚民 ignorant masses; to keep the people in ignorance
- 愚弄 to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe
- 钱愚(錢愚) a miser
- 大智若愚 great understanding may appear to be like stupidity
- 愚妄 stupid and arrogant
- 贤愚不分(賢愚不分) no distinction between the worthy and the foolish
- 贵贱贤愚(貴賤賢愚) high and low, wise and simple ; wise and simple
- 愚弟 me; silly me
- 愚人 stupid person; ignoramus
- 大愚 idiot; ignorant fool
- 愚不可及 impossibly stupid
- 愚昧无知(愚昧無知) stupid and ignorant
- 愚笨 stupid; clumsy
- 先天愚型 Down syndrome; trisomy 21
- 大智如愚 the wise may appear stupid; a genius not appreciated in his own time
- 愚蠢 blunt; stupid
- 愚公移山 an old man can move mountains
- 顽愚(頑愚) mentally deficient
- 愚意 my humble opinion
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- 卷五十四 雜傳第四十二: 序言 馮道 李琪 鄭玨 李愚 盧導 司空頲 Volume 54 Miscellaneous Biographies 34: Xu Yan, Feng Dao, Li Qi, Zheng Jue, Li Yu, Lu Dao, Si Kongting New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 32
- 卷六十七 唐書43: 列傳19 豆盧革 韋說 盧程 趙鳳 李愚 任圜 Volume 67 Book of Later Tang 43: Biographies 19 - Dou Luge, Wei Shou, Lu Cheng, Zhao Feng, Li Yu, Ren Huan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 28
- 卷三十七 本紀第三十七 寧宗一 Volume 37 Annals 37: Ningzong 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
- 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 27
- 卷四百 列傳第一百五十九 王信 汪大猷 袁燮 吳柔勝 游仲鴻 李祥 王介 宋德之 楊大全 Volume 400 Biographies 159: Wang Xin, Wang Dayou, Yuan Xie, Wu Rousheng, You Zhonghong, Li Xiang, Wang Jie, Song Dezhi, Yang Daquan History of Song 宋史 — count: 26
- 卷四百七十四 列傳第二百三十三 姦臣四 万俟禼 韓侂胄 丁大全 賈似道 Volume 474 Biographies 233: Treacherous Officials 4 - Wan Sixie, Han Tuozhou, Ding Daquan, Jia Sidao History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
- 卷十九 趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 24
- 卷三百九十三 列傳第一百五十二 彭龜年 黃裳 羅點 黃度 周南 林大中 陳騤 黃黼 詹體仁 Volume 393 Biographies 152: Peng Guinian, Huang Chang, Luo Dian, Huang Du, Zhou Nan, Lin Dazhong, Chen Kui, Huang Fu, Zhan Tiren History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
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Collocations
- 愚智 (愚智) 以官職之治定愚智 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 15
- 欺愚 (欺愚) 詐必欺愚 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — count: 8
- 愚夫 (愚夫) 愚夫愚婦 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 8
- 臣愚 (臣愚) 今以臣愚議 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 存韓第二 Chapter 2: The Preservation of State of Han — count: 7
- 愚闇 (愚闇) 愚闇愚闇墮賢良 — Xunzi 荀子, 成相篇第二十五 Chapter 25: Working Songs — count: 6
- 贤愚 (賢愚) 所以分賢愚也 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 5
- 愚衆 (愚衆) 足以欺惑愚衆 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 5
- 民愚 (民愚) 故其民愚疾而垢 — Guanzi 管子, 水地第三十九 Chapter 39: Water and Earth — count: 5
- 夫愚 (夫愚) 愚夫愚婦 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 5
- 惑愚 (惑愚) 足以欺惑愚衆 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 5