làn​kē

rotten axe handle

  • created reference approved 烂柯/爛柯 → 烂柯人/爛柯人 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烂柯 / 爛柯 làn​kē

    烂柯人 / 爛柯人 làn​kē​rén

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 烂柯/爛柯 · làn​kē · rotten axe handle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烂柯 / 爛柯

    làn​kē

    rotten axe handle

    A literary allusion to a woodcutter who watched immortals play chess and returned home to find his axe handle rotten and a century passed; used to describe the profound changes in the world over time.

    烂 (literal) → 烂/爛 · làn · to rot 柯 (literal) → 柯 · kē · ax handle

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 烂柯/爛柯 · làn​kē · to play chess — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烂柯 / 爛柯

    làn​kē

    to play chess

    (literary) To play or watch a game of chess; derived from the legend of the woodcutter watching immortals play chess.

    烂 (literal) → 烂/爛 · làn · to rot 柯 (literal) → 柯 · kē · ax handle

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

    created sense