精卫
jīng​wèi

Jingwei

  • created reference approved 精卫/精衛 → 冤禽 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    精卫 / 精衛 jīng​wèi

    冤禽 yuān​qín

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 精卫/精衛 · jīng​wèi · Jingwei — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    精卫 / 精衛

    jīng​wèi

    Jingwei

    A mythical bird from the classic text [[山海经|山海經|shan1 hai3 jing1]] who tries to fill up the East Sea with pebbles and twigs; according to legend, she was originally [[女娃|女娃|nu:3 wa2]], the daughter of the Flame Emperor [[炎帝|炎帝|yan2 di4]], and was reincarnated as a bird after drowning.

    精 (literal) → 精 · jīng · spirit 卫 (literal) → 卫/衛 · wèi · guard

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

    created sense