牵牛织女 qiānniúzhīnǚ Altair and Vega Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents qiānniúzhīnǚ Altair and Vega 牵牛 牽牛 qiānniú Altair the star Altair; also refers to the Cowherd in the folk tale 牛郎织女 niúlángzhīnǚ织女 織女 zhīnǚ Vega The star Vega, identified in Chinese astronomy as the mythological Girl Weaver seated across the Milky Way from the star Altair.qiānniúzhīnǚ separated couple 牵牛 牽牛 qiānniú Altair the star Altair; also refers to the Cowherd in the folk tale 牛郎织女 niúlángzhīnǚ织女 織女 zhīnǚ the Girl Weaver A figure in Chinese mythology, the granddaughter of the celestial emperor, who fell in love with the cowherd 牛郎 niúláng and was separated from him by the Milky Way
