created sense approved 孟姜女 · mèngjiāngnǚ · Meng Jiangnu — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
孟姜女
mèngjiāngnǚ
Meng Jiangnu
The heroine of a famous Chinese folk tale set during the [[秦朝|秦朝|qin2 chao2]] dynasty. According to legend, her husband died while forced to build the Great Wall; she traveled a great distance to find him and wept so bitterly that a section of the wall collapsed, revealing his remains.
孟 (literal) → 孟 · mèng · Meng 姜 (literal) → 姜 · jiāng · Jiang 女 (literal) → 女 · nǚ · female
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