Preserve One Mind as Steadfast as Pine and Bamboo

Preserve One Mind as Steadfast as Pine and Bamboo *DOJEON 8:3

3 4 “Maintaining a steadfast mind is harder than dying.
5 The mind is apt to change in twelve different ways, so preserve one mind that is as steadfast as pine and bamboo.”
6 口重崑崙山 하고
心深黃河水 하라
Keep your lips as heavy as the Kunlun Mountains
and your mind as deep as the Yellow River

 

단어풀이
maintain [메인테인] v. 유지하다
steadfast [스뗃f훼에스ㅌ] a. (신념등이) 변함없는
apt (to) a. ~하는 경향이 있는
preserve [프뤼s절vㅂ] v. 간직하다
as~ as~ ad. ~만큼 ~한
pine [파인] n. 소나무
bamboo [배앰부우] n. 대나무
Kunlun Mountains [the~] 곤륜산, 쿤륜崑崙산맥
Yellow River [the~] 황하黃河, 황허 강(=Huang He)