Chinese Word: 薮 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

薮 (Trad.: 藪)

Pinyin: sǒu

English Definition: marsh; gathering place

Chinese Definition:
①生长着很多草的湖泽：薮泽。
②人或物聚集的地方：渊薮。
③指民间、草野：辞朝(cháo)归薮。
④古同“搜”，搜求。

Total strokes: 16; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:数 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 数 [ shù ] count, number, several

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渊薮	yuān sǒu	(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed
林薮	lín sǒu	woods and marshes
罪恶渊薮	zuì è yuān sǒu	a sink of iniquity (idiom)
榛薮	zhēn sǒu	dense wood
盗薮	dào sǒu	bandits' den

1		tā men 他们 de 的 tóu nǎo 头脑 dōu 都 zài 在 sǒu 薮 zhī zhōng 之中。 Their brains are all within the thicket.
2		tā 他 de 的《 shī 诗 sǒu 薮》 shì 是 míng dài 明代 zhōng qī 中期 yī bù 一部 zhòng yào 重要 de 的 shī huà 诗话 zhù zuò 著作， shū 书 zhōng 中 huì jù 汇聚 le 了 qí 其 duì 对 lì dài 历代 shī gē 诗歌 zuò pǐn 作品 de 的 píng jià 评价。 His great book called Shisou is an excellent work during the Ming period. He gave his points of views to the old poems.