九还丹
jiǔ​huán​dān

elixir of immortality

  • created sense approved 九还丹/九還丹 · jiǔ​huán​dān · elixir of immortality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    九还丹 / 九還丹

    jiǔ​huán​dān

    elixir of immortality

    legendary elixir of life or immortality often mentioned in Taoist alchemy

    九 (literal) → 九 · jiǔ · nine 还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to go back 丹 (literal) → 丹 · dān · pellet

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

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