后羿射日
hòu​yì​shè​rì

Hou Yi shoots the suns

  • created reference approved 后羿射日 → 淮南子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后羿射日 hòu​yì​shè​rì

    淮南子 huái​nán​zǐ

    see

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  • created sense approved 后羿射日 · hòu​yì​shè​rì · Hou Yi shoots the suns — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后羿射日

    hòu​yì​shè​rì

    Hou Yi shoots the suns

    The legend of the archer [[后羿|后羿|hou4 yi4]] shooting down nine of the ten suns to save the world from scorched earth; used to describe heroic efforts to eliminate evils or great military prowess

    后羿 (literal) → 后羿 · hòu​yì · Houyi 射 (literal) → 射 · shè · to shoot 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · sun

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

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