狼煙臺
láng​yān​tái

beacon tower

  • created sense approved 狼烟台/狼煙臺 · láng​yān​tái · beacon tower — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狼烟台 / 狼煙臺

    láng​yān​tái

    beacon tower

    an ancient defensive watchtower used for relaying military signals by burning wolf dung to create smoke

    狼烟 (literal) → 狼烟/狼煙 · láng​yān · smoke signal 台 (literal) → 台/臺 · tái · platform

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

    created sense