created reference approved 舌粲莲花/舌粲蓮花 → 舌灿莲花/舌燦蓮花 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
舌粲莲花 / 舌粲蓮花 shécànliánhuā
舌灿莲花 / 舌燦蓮花 shécànliánhuā
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 舌粲莲花/舌粲蓮花 → 能言善辩/能言善辯 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
舌粲莲花 / 舌粲蓮花 shécànliánhuā
能言善辩 / 能言善辯 néngyánshànbiàn
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 舌粲莲花/舌粲蓮花 · shécànliánhuā · eloquent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
舌粲莲花 / 舌粲蓮花
shécànliánhuā
eloquent
to have remarkable eloquence; to be highly articulate or silver-tongued. This phrase originates from a Buddhist story where lotus flowers bloomed from a monk's bowl to prove his spiritual power.
舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue 粲 (literal) → 粲 · càn · bright and beautiful 莲花 (literal) → 莲花/蓮花 · liánhuā · lotus
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition