麦秀黍油

麥秀黍油
màixiùshǔyóu

the wheat and corn grow but the fatherland is no more

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 麦 Mài surname Mai
=1 麦 mài
  1. wheat; barley; oats
  2. mic (abbr. for 麦克风 màikèfēng)
2 秀 xiù
  1. (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
  2. (bound form) superior; excellent
  3. (loanword) show
  4. (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
3 黍 shǔ
  1. broomcorn millet
  2. glutinous millet
=4 油 yóu
  1. oil
  2. fat
  3. grease
  4. petroleum
  5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. oily
  7. greasy
  8. glib
  9. cunning
=4 油 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 釉 (yòu, “to glaze”)
  2. alternative form of 釉 (yòu, “to glaze”)
  3. used in 浩油