惊闺叶
jīng​guī​yè

metal signal leaves

  • created sense approved 惊闺叶/驚閨葉 · jīng​guī​yè · metal signal leaves — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惊闺叶 / 驚閨葉

    jīng​guī​yè

    metal signal leaves

    a string of small metal sheets used by knife sharpeners to attract customers; literally named "startle the boudoir leaves" because of the sound they make and their leaf-like shape

    惊闺 (literal) → 惊闺/驚閨 · jīng​guī · peddler's drum 叶 (literal) → 叶/葉 · yè · leaf

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

    created sense