gōng​shé

false alarm

  • created reference approved 弓蛇 → 杯弓蛇影 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弓蛇 gōng​shé

    杯弓蛇影 bēi​gōng​shé​yǐng

    see

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  • created sense approved 弓蛇 · gōng​shé · false alarm — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弓蛇

    gōng​shé

    false alarm

    (literary) A false alarm or unnecessary suspicion caused by a mistake or illusion. See [[杯弓蛇影|杯弓蛇影|bei1 gong1 she2 ying3]].

    弓 (literal) → 弓 · gōng · bow 蛇 (literal) → 蛇 · shé · snake

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

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