熊罴入梦
xióng​pí​rù​mèng

may you have a son

  • created reference approved 熊罴入梦/熊羆入夢 → 熊罴之祥/熊羆之祥 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    熊罴入梦 / 熊羆入夢 xióng​pí​rù​mèng

    熊罴之祥 / 熊羆之祥 xióng​pí​zhī​xiáng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 熊罴入梦/熊羆入夢 · xióng​pí​rù​mèng · may you have a son — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    熊罴入梦 / 熊羆入夢

    xióng​pí​rù​mèng

    may you have a son

    congratulatory expression used upon the birth of a son, based on the ancient belief that dreaming of bears is an omen of having a male child

    熊 (literal) → 熊 · xióng · bear 罴 (literal) → 罴/羆 · pí · brown bear 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter 梦 (literal) → 梦/夢 · mèng · to dream

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

    created sense