东隅

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 (范晔), Book of Later Han, Scroll 17, The Biography of Feng Yi (后汉书˙卷十七˙冯异传)

  可谓失之东隅，收之桑榆

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

Nomino

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

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

Matokeo

• 失之东隅，收之桑榆