gè​xiǎn​shén​tōng

to each show their special skills

  • created reference approved 各显神通/各顯神通 → 八仙过海, 各显神通/八仙過海, 各顯神通 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    各显神通 / 各顯神通 gè​xiǎn​shén​tōng

    八仙过海, 各显神通 / 八仙過海, 各顯神通 bā​xiān​guò​hǎi​gè​xiǎn​shén​tōng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 各显神通/各顯神通 · gè​xiǎn​shén​tōng · to each show their special skills — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    各显神通 / 各顯神通

    gè​xiǎn​shén​tōng

    to each show their special skills

    Each person reveals their own unique talents or special powers. This is often an abbreviation for the idiom [[八仙过海, 各显神通|八仙過海, 各顯神通|ba1 xian1 guo4 hai3 ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1]].

    各 (literal) → 各 · gè · separately 显 (literal) → 显/顯 · xiǎn · to appear 神通 (literal) → 神通 · shén​tōng · magical power

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

    created sense