líng​shé​zhū

magical serpent pearl

  • created sense approved 灵蛇珠/靈蛇珠 · líng​shé​zhū · magical serpent pearl — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    灵蛇珠 / 靈蛇珠

    líng​shé​zhū

    magical serpent pearl

    a precious pearl given by a wounded snake to its healer as a reward; a metaphor for something of immense value or a person with exceptional talent

    灵 (literal) → 灵/靈 · líng · supernatural 蛇 (literal) → 蛇 · shé · snake 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl

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

    created sense