若敖鬼餒
ruò'áo​guǐ​něi

to have no progeny

  • created reference approved 若敖鬼馁/若敖鬼餒 → 左传/左傳 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若敖鬼馁 / 若敖鬼餒 ruò'áo​guǐ​něi

    左传 / 左傳 zuǒ​zhuàn

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 若敖鬼馁/若敖鬼餒 · ruò'áo​guǐ​něi · to have no progeny — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    若敖鬼馁 / 若敖鬼餒

    ruò'áo​guǐ​něi

    to have no progeny

    (literary) to have no offspring to carry on the family name or offer ancestral sacrifices; a reference to a story from the [[左传|左傳|zuo3 zhuan4]] about the Ruo'ao family's ghosts going hungry due to a lack of descendants

    若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · surname 敖 (literal) → 敖 · áo · Ao 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 馁 (literal) → 馁/餒 · něi · hungry

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

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