孔雀东南飞
kǒng​què​dōng​nán​fēi

The Peacock Flies Southeast

  • created sense approved 孔雀东南飞/孔雀東南飛 · kǒng​què​dōng​nán​fēi · The Peacock Flies Southeast — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孔雀东南飞 / 孔雀東南飛

    kǒng​què​dōng​nán​fēi

    The Peacock Flies Southeast

    a famous long narrative poem from the Han dynasty, later collected in the New Songs from a Jade Terrace anthology, which tells the tragedy of a young couple forced to separate and commit suicide

    孔雀 (literal) → 孔雀 · kǒng​què · peacock 东南 (literal) → 东南/東南 · dōng​nán · southeast 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 孔雀東南飛 · kǒng​què​dōng​nán​fēi · The Peacocks Fly Southeast — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孔雀東南飛

    kǒng​què​dōng​nán​fēi

    The Peacocks Fly Southeast

    a famous narrative poem from the late Eastern Han dynasty telling the tragic story of a couple who committed suicide after being forced apart by their families

    孔雀 (literal) → 孔雀 · kǒng​què · peacock 東 (opaque) 南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 飛 (opaque)

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