天狗吃月
tiān​gǒu​chī​yuè

lunar eclipse

  • created reference approved 天狗吃月 → 天狗食月 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天狗吃月 tiān​gǒu​chī​yuè

    天狗食月 tiān​gǒu​shí​yuè

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 天狗吃月 · tiān​gǒu​chī​yuè · lunar eclipse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天狗吃月

    tiān​gǒu​chī​yuè

    lunar eclipse

    Ancient folklore explaining a lunar eclipse as the Heavenly Dog eating the moon; also refers to the phenomenon of a lunar eclipse itself.

    天狗 (literal) → 天狗 · tiān​gǒu · Heavenly Hound 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 月 (literal) → 月 · yuè · moon

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

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