created sense approved 箕尾 · jīwěi · constellations Sagittarius and Scorpio — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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jīwěi
constellations Sagittarius and Scorpio
The constellations of Winnowing Basket and Tail, part of the traditional Chinese system of twenty-eight lunar mansions. In Western astronomy, these correspond roughly to parts of Sagittarius and Scorpio.
箕 (literal) → 箕 · jī · Win 尾 (literal) → 尾 · wěi · Tail
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created sense approved 箕尾 · jīwěi · to die — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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jīwěi
to die
(literary) To pass away, especially in reference to high officials (metaphorically riding the Ji and Wei constellations to join the stars after death, based on the Zhuangzi)
箕 (literal) → 箕 · jī · Win 尾 (literal) → 尾 · wěi · Tail
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition