TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞
社稷
word · TOCFL 7 (est.)
ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˋ · shèjì
noun — the state; the nation [literary; originally the gods of soil and grain]
字源 FORM — what the parts do
社the god of the soil (社神)shè 稷the god of grain; millet (稷神)jì 社稷，社神的社，稷神的稷。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一邊拜土地（社），一邊拜穀子（稷）——保住這兩樣，就保住了國。
One altar to the soil (社), one to the grain (稷) — hold those two, and the country holds.
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