東隅

Kichina (Mandarin)

Asili

Literally: the eastern corner

Used as a metaphor to describe the spot where the sun comes out; morning.

• c. 398 - 445: Fan Ye (范瞱), Book of Later Han, Scroll 17, The Biography of Feng Yi (後漢書˙卷十七˙馮異傳)

  可謂失之東隅，收之桑榆

  It may be said that if one loses it in the morning, one gains it (back) at sunset.

Nomino

東隅 (traditional, simplified 东隅, traditional 東隅, pinyin dōngyú) (cmn)

1. asubuhi; daybreak
2. eastern side (of a room)

Matokeo

• 失之東隅，收之桑榆