shì​shuāng

persimmon frost

  • created sense approved 柿霜 · shì​shuāng · persimmon frost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    柿霜

    shì​shuāng

    persimmon frost

    The white powdery sugar (mostly mannitol) that forms on the surface of dried persimmons, often collected for use in traditional medicine to treat sore throats and coughs; also refers to the frosted persimmons themselves

    柿 (literal) → 柿 · shì · persimmon 霜 (literal) → 霜 · shuāng · cream

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

    created sense