國書
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Chinese[edit]
country; state; nation | book; letter | ||
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trad. (國書) | 國 | 書 | |
simp. (国书) | 国 | 书 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
國書
- credentials
- (diplomacy) letter of credence
- documents exchanged between nations
- national script; national writing system
- 而以其不可以文字寫之,故惟樂人輩口相授受,或傳以國書而已。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: 《西浦漫筆》 by Kim Manjung, late 1600s
- 이이기불가이문자사지(라) 고(로) 유악인배구상수수(하며) 혹전이국서이이(하니라)
I i gi bulga i munja sa ji[-ra], go[-ro] yu agin bae gu sang susu[-hamyeo], hok jeon i gukseo ii[-hanira]. [Sino-Korean] - But due to them being unable to be transcribed in [Chinese] characters, only groups of musicians pass them down mouth-to-mouth, or some people transmit them using the Korean alphabet, and that is all.