孟

Meaning

孟 centers on the idea of being first or foremost: a chief, leader, or the beginning of something. The two given meanings are closely linked, with 'chief' as the person who is first and 'beginning' as the initial stage.

• 孟子もうし

  Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi

• 孔孟こうもう

  Confucius and Mencius

• 孔孟の教えこうもうのおしえ

  the teachings of Confucius and Mencius

• 孟冬もうとう

  beginning of winter

• 孟夏もうか

  beginning of summer

• 孟女もうじょ

  eldest daughter

• 孟宗もうそう

  moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

• 孟宗の節もうそうのふし

  root of a moso bamboo

• 孟宗竹もうそうちく

  moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

• 孟春もうしゅん

  beginning of spring

• 孟母三遷もうぼさんせん

  the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves

• 孟母三遷の教えもうぼさんせんのおしえ

  the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

• 孟母断機の教えもうぼだんきのおしえ

  (the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished

• 孟浪もうろう

  careless; incoherent; sloppy; negligent

• 孟秋もうしゅう

  beginning of autumn

• 論孟ろんもう

  the Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

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