石牛道
shí​niú​dào

Shiniu Road

  • created reference approved 石牛道 → 金牛道 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    石牛道 shí​niú​dào

    金牛道 jīn​niú​dào

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 石牛道 · shí​niú​dào · Shiniu Road — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    石牛道

    shí​niú​dào

    Shiniu Road

    An ancient mountain road connecting the Hanzhong basin in Shaanxi to the Sichuan basin, also known as [[金牛道|金牛道|jin1 niu2 dao4]]. According to legend, King Huiwen of Qin tricked the King of Shu into building the path by placing gold under stone oxen and claiming they could produce gold in their droppings.

    石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · road

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

    created sense