xiān​tóng

immortal's attendant

  • created reference approved 仙童 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仙童 xiān​tóng

    个 / 個 gè

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 仙童 · xiān​tóng · immortal's attendant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仙童

    xiān​tóng

    immortal's attendant

    (literary) an attendant or messenger boy in the service of immortals in Chinese mythology or Daoism

    仙 (literal) → 仙 · xiān · immortal 童 (literal) → 童 · tóng · boy servant

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

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  • created sense approved 仙童 · xiān​tóng · elf; leprechaun — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仙童

    xiān​tóng

    elf; leprechaun

    a magical, often diminutive being in Western folklore (as a translation for elf or leprechaun)

    仙 (literal) → 仙 · xiān · celestial 童 (literal) → 童 · tóng · child

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

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