created sense approved 参辰卯酉/參辰卯酉 · shēnchénmǎoyǒu · polar opposites — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
参辰卯酉 / 參辰卯酉
shēnchénmǎoyǒu
polar opposites
(literary) Used to describe people or things that are completely separated, incompatible, or in direct opposition to one another; based on the fact that the stars [[参|參|shen1]] and [[辰|辰|chen2]] are never in the sky at the same time, and the hours [[卯|卯|mao3]] (5-7 AM) and [[酉|酉|you3]] (5-7 PM) are on opposite sides of the day
参 (literal) → 参/參 · shēn · Shen 辰 (literal) → 辰 · chén · celestial bodies 卯 (literal) → 卯 · mǎo · 4th earthly branch 酉 (literal) → 酉 · yǒu · 10th earthly branch
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created sense approved 参辰卯酉/參辰卯酉 · shēnchénmǎoyǒu · right and wrong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
参辰卯酉 / 參辰卯酉
shēnchénmǎoyǒu
right and wrong
(literary) The facts of a matter; the rights and wrongs of a situation
参 (literal) → 参/參 · shēn · Shen 辰 (literal) → 辰 · chén · celestial bodies 卯 (literal) → 卯 · mǎo · 4th earthly branch 酉 (literal) → 酉 · yǒu · 10th earthly branch
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition