土木

土木

1. building; construction
2. (literally) earth and wood

   • 土木其形，竊吾民之酒牲，固無以名；土木其智，竊吾君之禄位，如何可議？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     土木其形，窃吾民之酒牲，固无以名；土木其智，窃吾君之禄位，如何可议？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 9th century, 陸龜蒙 (Lu Guimeng),《野廟碑》, tr. David Pollard

     Tǔmù qí xíng, qiè wú mín zhī jiǔshēng, gù wúyǐ míng; tǔmù qí zhì, qiè wú jūn zhī lùwèi, rúhé kě yì? [Pinyin]

     Of wood and clay their form and shaping.
     Our peasants' wine and meat their sinful taking;
     Yet we cannot give their crime a name.
     Of wood and clay their worthless brains,
     Our sovereign's pay their unearned gains;
     On them we pass what judgment, lay what blame?

• (Tokyo) どぼく [dóꜜbòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [do̞bo̞kɯ̟]

土(ど)木(ぼく) • (doboku) 

1. public works