文姬入塞
wén​jī​rù​sài

Wenji Enters the Fortress

  • created sense approved 文姬入塞 · wén​jī​rù​sài · Wenji Enters the Fortress — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    文姬入塞

    wén​jī​rù​sài

    Wenji Enters the Fortress

    A Ming Dynasty zaju opera by Chen Yujiao; it tells the story of the poet Cai Wenji, who was captured by the Xiongnu and later ransomed by Cao Cao, focusing on the emotional conflict of leaving her children behind to return to China

    文 (literal) → 文 · wén · Wen 姬 (literal) → 姬 · jī · woman 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter 塞 (literal) → 塞 · sài · border pass

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

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