尺素

chǐ sù

Dictionary entry

(literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message

What does 尺素 mean?

尺素 (chǐ sù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message

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尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]素sùraw silk · white

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尺素

chǐ sù

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