tài​láo

sacrificial offering

  • created sense approved 太牢 · tài​láo · sacrificial offering — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太牢

    tài​láo

    sacrificial offering

    (literary) the highest form of sacrifice to Heaven or ancestors in ancient China, consisting of a cow, a sheep, and a pig

    太 (literal) → 太 · tài · [senior/supreme] 牢 (literal) → 牢 · láo · [sacrifice]

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  • created sense approved 太牢 · tài​láo · cow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太牢

    tài​láo

    cow

    (archaic) an alternate name for a cow or ox

    太 (literal) → 太 · tài · [senior/supreme] 牢 (literal) → 牢 · láo · [sacrifice]

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

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