Xuan tou, Xuán tóu, Xuàn tóu, Xuán tòu: 5 definitions
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懸頭 [xuán tóu] [xuan tou]—
1. To kill someone and hang their head to show the public. Han Shu, Biography of Wang Mang (漢書 [han shu]．王莽傳 [wang mang chuan]): "Mothers of a hundred years, infants in arms, were simultaneously beheaded, their heads hung on the tips of poles (竿杪 [gan miao])." Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 3: "Gong then killed Duan Gui (段珪 [duan gui]) and hung his head under the horse's neck." Also written as "懸首 [xuan shou]."
2. Sun Jing (孫敬 [sun jing]) of the Chu (楚 [chu]) state, being fond of learning, tied his hair to the roof beam with a rope to prevent himself from dozing off. See Taiping Yulan, Volume 611, Learning. Later, it became a metaphor for studying diligently. Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin (李商隱 [li shang yin]), Ode to Sentiments, Sent to Former Colleagues of the Secretariat: "Hanging my head, I once studied hard; breaking my arm, I instead became a doctor." Also written as "懸梁 [xuan liang]."
懸頭：1.謂殺人而懸掛其頭以示眾。《漢書．卷九九．王莽傳上》：「百歲之母，孩提之子，同時斷斬，懸頭竿杪。」《三國演義》第三回：「貢遂殺段珪，懸頭於馬項下。」也作「懸首」。
2.楚國人孫敬好學，將頭髮用繩子綁在屋梁上以防止打瞌睡。見《太平御覽．卷六一一．學部．勤學》。後比喻發憤求學。唐．李商隱〈詠懷寄祕閣舊僚二十六韻〉：「懸頭曾苦學，折臂反成醫。」也作「懸梁」。
xuán tóu:1. wèi shā rén ér xuán guà qí tóu yǐ shì zhòng. < hàn shū． juǎn jiǔ jiǔ． wáng mǎng chuán shàng>: “bǎi suì zhī mǔ, hái tí zhī zi, tóng shí duàn zhǎn, xuán tóu gān miǎo.” < sān guó yǎn yì> dì sān huí: “gòng suì shā duàn guī, xuán tóu yú mǎ xiàng xià.” yě zuò “xuán shǒu” .
2. chǔ guó rén sūn jìng hǎo xué, jiāng tóu fà yòng shéng zi bǎng zài wū liáng shàng yǐ fáng zhǐ dǎ kē shuì. jiàn < tài píng yù lǎn． juǎn liù yī yī． xué bù． qín xué>. hòu bǐ yù fā fèn qiú xué. táng． lǐ shāng yǐn 〈yǒng huái jì mì gé jiù liáo èr shí liù yùn〉: “xuán tóu céng kǔ xué, zhé bì fǎn chéng yī.” yě zuò “xuán liáng” .
xuan tou:1. wei sha ren er xuan gua qi tou yi shi zhong. < han shu. juan jiu jiu. wang mang chuan shang>: "bai sui zhi mu, hai ti zhi zi, tong shi duan zhan, xuan tou gan miao." < san guo yan yi> di san hui: "gong sui sha duan gui, xuan tou yu ma xiang xia." ye zuo "xuan shou" .
2. chu guo ren sun jing hao xue, jiang tou fa yong sheng zi bang zai wu liang shang yi fang zhi da ke shui. jian < tai ping yu lan. juan liu yi yi. xue bu. qin xue>. hou bi yu fa fen qiu xue. tang. li shang yin
玄透 [xuán tòu] refers to: “Gentō” [Japanese personal name].
玄透 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] huyền thấu.
[Korean] 현투 / Hyeontu.
[Japanese] ゲントウ / Gentō.
Chinese language.
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