有巢氏
yǒu​cháo​shì

Youchao

  • created sense approved 有巢氏 · yǒu​cháo​shì · Youchao — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有巢氏

    yǒu​cháo​shì

    Youchao

    A legendary figure in ancient Chinese mythology credited with teaching early humans how to build shelters from wood to live in trees, protecting them from wild animals.

    有 (bound) → 有 · yǒu · [prefix] 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest 氏 (bound) → 氏 · shì · [honorific suffix]

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

    created sense