tóng​gōng

crimson bow

  • created reference approved 彤弓 → 张/張 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    彤弓 tóng​gōng

    张 / 張 zhāng

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 彤弓 · tóng​gōng · crimson bow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    彤弓

    tóng​gōng

    crimson bow

    (literary) a bow lacquered in vermilion; used in ancient China by the Son of Heaven as a reward for high-ranking officials or feudal lords with great merit

    彤 (literal) → 彤 · tóng · red 弓 (literal) → 弓 · gōng · bow

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  • created sense approved 彤弓 · tóng​gōng · Tong Gong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    彤弓

    tóng​gōng

    Tong Gong

    Name of a poem in the "Minor Odes of the Kingdom" section of the "Classic of Poetry" ([[诗经|詩經|shi1 jing1]]), originally sung at banquets when the emperor bestowed a crimson bow and arrows upon a lord.

    彤 (literal) → 彤 · tóng · red 弓 (literal) → 弓 · gōng · bow

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

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