sān​zú​wū

three-legged crow

  • created sense approved 三足乌/三足烏 · sān​zú​wū · three-legged crow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三足乌 / 三足烏

    sān​zú​wū

    three-legged crow

    A divine golden crow in East Asian mythology that lives in the sun; also used as a literary way to refer to the sun itself.

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · crow

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  • created sense approved 三足乌/三足烏 · sān​zú​wū · three-legged green bird — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三足乌 / 三足烏

    sān​zú​wū

    three-legged green bird

    A mythological three-legged bird that serves the Queen Mother of the West by fetching her food.

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · crow

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

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