líng​zi

official rank feather

翎子 líng​zi
official rank feather
Peacock or pheasant feather plume worn on an official's hat during the Qing Dynasty to indicate rank
opera pheasant feathers
Long pheasant tail feathers worn as decoration on the helmets of warriors in traditional Chinese opera

Frequency

Written text
0.096 per million

Cross-References

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Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)