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ルー is the name Lou in Japanese.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Lou.
Mary-Lou
メアリールー is the name Mary-Lou in Japanese (Katakana).
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
露 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for dew.
Depending on the context in which this character is used, it can also mean: tears; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose; scanty; bare; unconcealed; naked; public.
露 can be a Chinese surname Lu. 露 can also be the Japanese surname Tsuyuzaki or Tsuyusaki, and the given names Tsuyu or Akira.
Oddly, 露 is sometimes used as an abbreviation for Russia.
In the Buddhist context, 露 also means dew, but can be a symbol of transience. Sometimes used as a metaphor to expose or disclose knowledge and truth.
Fix the roof before the rain; Dig the well before you are thirsty
补漏趁天晴未渴先掘井 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as: Mend the roof while the weather is fine, [and when you are] not yet thirsty, dig the well beforehand.
In simple terms, this means: Always being prepared in advance.
See Also: Have a Walking Stick at the Ready Before You Stumble
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
剅 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou |
(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out; small channel across a river embankment; (used in place names); Taiwan pr. [dou1] |
嘍 喽 see styles |
lou lou5 lou |
(final particle equivalent to 了[le5]); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) |
塿 𪣻 see styles |
lǒu lou3 lou |
small mound |
婁 娄 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou rou / ro ろう |
surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy {astron} (See 二十八宿,白虎・びゃっこ・2) Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Rou |
嶁 嵝 see styles |
lǒu lou3 lou |
mountain peak |
摟 搂 see styles |
lǒu lou3 lou |
to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms |
樓 楼 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou rou / ro ろう |
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] (surname) Rou An upper storey, stored building, tower; one of the eighteen hells. |
漏 see styles |
lòu lou4 lou ro |
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) āsrava, 'flowing, running, discharge; distress, pain, affliction.' M.W. It is defined as another term for 煩惱 q.v.; also as the discharge, or outflow, from the organs of sense, wherever those exist, hence it is applied to the passions and their filth; impure efflux from the mind, v. 欲有; also to the leakage or loss thereby of the 正道 truth; also to the stream of transmigration. |
瘺 see styles |
lòu lou4 lou |
variant of 瘻|瘘[lou4] |
瘻 瘘 see styles |
lòu lou4 lou |
fistula; ulceration |
瞜 䁖 see styles |
lōu lou1 lou |
to glance at |
簍 篓 see styles |
lǒu lou3 lou |
basket |
耬 耧 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou |
drill for sowing grain |
蔞 蒌 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou |
Arthemisia vulgaris; piper betel |
螻 蝼 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou kera けら |
see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1] (kana only) mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); (surname) Kera |
鏤 镂 see styles |
lòu lou4 lou |
to engrave; to carve; hard steel |
陋 see styles |
lòu lou4 lou rou / ro ろう |
low; humble; plain; ugly; mean; vulgar (noun or adjectival noun) (obsolete) narrowness; meanness; humbleness; lowliness |
髏 髅 see styles |
lóu lou2 lou rō |
used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2lou2] and 骷髏|骷髅[ku1lou2] kapāla; a skull. |
三漏 see styles |
sān lòu san1 lou4 san lou sanro |
The three affluents that feed the stream of mortality, or transmigration: 欲 desire; 有 (material, or phenomenal) existence; 無明 ignorance (of the way of escape). 涅槃經 22. |
上樓 上楼 see styles |
shàng lóu shang4 lou2 shang lou |
to go upstairs |
下樓 下楼 see styles |
xià lóu xia4 lou2 hsia lou |
to go downstairs |
主樓 主楼 see styles |
zhǔ lóu zhu3 lou2 chu lou |
main building |
九漏 see styles |
jiǔ lòu jiu3 lou4 chiu lou kuro |
nine leakages |
二漏 see styles |
èr lòu er4 lou4 erh lou niro |
The two conditions relating to the passions and delusions: 有漏 the condition in which they can prevail; 無漏 that in which they cannot prevail. |
佉樓 佉楼 see styles |
qiā lóu qia1 lou2 ch`ia lou chia lou Kyaru |
佉慮 (佉慮風吒); 佉路瑟吒 Kharoṣṭhi, tr. by "Ass's lips"; name of an ancient ṛṣi, perhaps Jyotīrasa. Also, "the writing of all the northerners," said to have been introduced by him, consisting of seventy-two characters. |
佝僂 佝偻 see styles |
gōu lóu gou1 lou2 kou lou kuru くる |
stooped; crooked (1) (kana only) (See 佝僂病) rickets; (2) someone suffering from rickets |
偷漏 see styles |
tōu lòu tou1 lou4 t`ou lou tou lou |
to evade (taxes) |
僂儸 偻㑩 see styles |
lóu luo lou2 luo5 lou lo |
variant of 嘍囉|喽啰[lou2 luo5] |
僂曲 偻曲 see styles |
lóu qǔ lou2 qu3 lou ch`ü lou chü rōkyō |
bowed |
優樓 优楼 see styles |
yōu lóu you1 lou2 yu lou Uru |
(優樓迦) Ulūka, the owl; a ṛṣi '800 years' before Śākyamuni, reputed as founder of the Vaiśeṣika philosophy. Also 優婁佉; 憂流迦; 嘔盧伽; 漚樓; 嗢露迦. |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Lou | ルー | ruu / ru | ||
| Lou | 璐 | lù / lu4 / lu | ||
| Mary-Lou | メアリールー | mearii ruu / meariiruu / meari ru | ||
| Dew | 露 | ro | lòu / lou4 / lou | |
| Fix the roof before the rain; Dig the well before you are thirsty | 補漏趁天晴未渴先掘井 补漏趁天晴未渴先掘井 | bǔ lòu chèn tiān qíng wèi kě xiān jué jǐng bu3 lou4 chen4 tian1 qing2 wei4 ke3 xian1 jue2 jing3 bu lou chen tian qing wei ke xian jue jing | pu lou ch`en t`ien ch`ing wei k`o hsien chüeh ching pu lou chen tien ching wei ko hsien chüeh ching |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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