燃犀
rán​xī

perceptive

  • created reference approved 燃犀 → 毁犀/燬犀 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燃犀 rán​xī

    毁犀 / 燬犀 huǐ​xī

    same_as

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

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  • created sense approved 燃犀 · rán​xī · perceptive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燃犀

    rán​xī

    perceptive

    (literary) insightful or highly perceptive. From a legend where burning a rhinoceros horn revealed hidden spirits underwater, it describes having the insight to see through deception or look deeply into the nature of things.

    燃 (literal) → 燃 · rán · to burn 犀 (literal) → 犀 · xī · rhinoceros

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

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