木魚
mù​yú

wooden fish (percussion instrument)

  • created sense approved 木鱼/木魚 · mù​yú · wooden fish (percussion instrument) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    木鱼 / 木魚

    mù​yú

    wooden fish (percussion instrument)

    A round, hollow wooden percussion instrument used by Buddhist monks while chanting or as part of a traditional orchestra

    木 (literal) → 木 · mù · wooden 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 木鱼/木魚 · mù​yú · wooden fish (signal block) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    木鱼 / 木魚

    mù​yú

    wooden fish (signal block)

    A long, fish-shaped wooden block hung in temples and struck to signal meal times or to assemble monks

    木 (literal) → 木 · mù · wooden 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

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

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