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Chinese dictionary
slmetaburn beanstalks to cook beans - stir up fratricidal persecution (It is said that Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei, asked his younger brother Cao Zhi to compose a poem within the time to walk seven paces, and only by his fulfillment to compose it, could he survive. Cao Zhi improvised immediately: "They were boiling beans on a beanstalk fire,/ Came a plaintive voice from the pot,/ O why, since we sprang from the selfsame root,/ Should you kill me with anger hot?".)
Word usage
- Note"萁" cannot be pronounced as "jī" in"煮豆燃萁".