guān​cai​xuàn​zi

corpse

  • created sense approved 棺材楦子 · guān​cai​xuàn​zi · corpse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棺材楦子

    guān​cai​xuàn​zi

    corpse

    a corpse; literally a "coffin shoe-tree" (comparing a stiff body in a coffin to a wooden shoe-tree in a shoe)

    guān​cái​xuàn​zi

    棺材 (literal) → 棺材 · guān​cai · coffin 楦子 (literal) → 楦子 · xuàn​zi · shoe tree

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  • created sense approved 棺材楦子 · guān​cai​xuàn​zi · old geezer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棺材楦子

    guān​cai​xuàn​zi

    old geezer

    (derogatory or joking) an old person who is close to death; an old bag of bones

    guān​cái​xuàn​zi

    棺材 (literal) → 棺材 · guān​cai · coffin 楦子 (literal) → 楦子 · xuàn​zi · shoe tree

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

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  • created sense approved 棺材楦子 · guān​cai​xuàn​zi · Drop dead! — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棺材楦子

    guān​cai​xuàn​zi

    Drop dead!

    a curse used to wish for someone's immediate death

    guān​cái​xuàn​zi

    棺材 (literal) → 棺材 · guān​cai · coffin 楦子 (literal) → 楦子 · xuàn​zi · shoe tree

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

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