wěn​shòu

roof-ridge ornament

  • created sense approved 吻兽/吻獸 · wěn​shòu · roof-ridge ornament — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吻兽 / 吻獸

    wěn​shòu

    roof-ridge ornament

    a decorative ornament found on the ends of the roof ridges of traditional Chinese buildings, usually shaped like a legendary animal's head or a fish tail

    吻 (literal) → 吻 · wěn · muzzle 兽 (bound) → 兽/獸 · shòu · beast

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

    created sense