jīwěi
constellations Sagittarius and Scorpio
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- constellations Sagittarius and Scorpio
- The constellations of Winnowing Basket and Tail, part of the traditional Chinese system of twenty-eight lunar mansions. In Western astronomy, these correspond roughly to parts of Sagittarius and Scorpio.
- to die
- (literary) To pass away, especially in reference to high officials (metaphorically riding the Ji and Wei constellations to join the stars after death, based on the Zhuangzi)