bǎi​niǎo​cháo​fèng

peace under a wise ruler

  • created sense approved 百鸟朝凤/百鳥朝鳳 · bǎi​niǎo​cháo​fèng · peace under a wise ruler — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百鸟朝凤 / 百鳥朝鳳

    bǎi​niǎo​cháo​fèng

    peace under a wise ruler

    Literally "a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix"; a metaphor for a period of peace and prosperity under a virtuous ruler

    百鸟 (literal) → 百鸟/百鳥 · bǎi​niǎo · all kinds of birds 朝 (literal) → 朝 · cháo · to have an audience 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 百鸟朝凤/百鳥朝鳳 · bǎi​niǎo​cháo​fèng · Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百鸟朝凤 / 百鳥朝鳳

    bǎi​niǎo​cháo​fèng

    Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix

    A famous folk melody for the [[唢呐|嗩吶|suo3 na4]] (double-reed horn), popular in northern China, known for its imitation of various birdsongs

    百鸟 (literal) → 百鸟/百鳥 · bǎi​niǎo · all kinds of birds 朝 (literal) → 朝 · cháo · to have an audience 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix

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

    created sense