qī​shí'èr​biàn

seventy-two transformations

  • created sense approved 七十二变/七十二變 · qī​shí'èr​biàn · seventy-two transformations — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    七十二变 / 七十二變

    qī​shí'èr​biàn

    seventy-two transformations

    the seventy-two transformations performed by [[孙悟空|孫悟空|sun1 wu4 kong1]] (Monkey King) in the novel [[西游记|西遊記|xi1 you2 ji4]]

    七 (literal) → 七 · qī · seven 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 变 (literal) → 变/變 · biàn · to change

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 七十二变/七十二變 · qī​shí'èr​biàn · countless changes of tactics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    七十二变 / 七十二變

    qī​shí'èr​biàn

    countless changes of tactics

    an endless variety of methods or tricks used to handle a situation

    七 (literal) → 七 · qī · seven 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 变 (literal) → 变/變 · biàn · to change

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense