hàn​bá

drought demon

  • created reference approved 旱魃 → 魃 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旱魃 hàn​bá

    魃 bá

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 旱魃 · hàn​bá · drought demon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旱魃

    hàn​bá

    drought demon

    A mythological demon believed to cause droughts; in legends, it is described as a ghost-like creature with eyes on top of its head that travels as fast as the wind.

    旱 (literal) → 旱 · hàn · drought 魃 (literal) → 魃 · bá · drought demon

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

    created sense