八岐大蛇
bā​qí​dà​shé

Yamata no Orochi

  • created sense approved 八岐大蛇 · bā​qí​dà​shé · Yamata no Orochi — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八岐大蛇

    bā​qí​dà​shé

    Yamata no Orochi

    A giant serpent with eight heads and eight tails from Japanese mythology; specifically mentioned in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)

    八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 岐 (literal) → 岐 · qí · divergent 大蛇 (literal) → 大蛇 · dà​shé · serpent

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

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