píng​péng

Japanese water lily

  • created sense approved 萍蓬 · píng​péng · Japanese water lily — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    píng​péng

    Japanese water lily

    (bound form) a type of water lily, specifically Nuphar japonicum, related to the lotus

    萍 (opaque) → 萍 · píng · duckweed 蓬 (opaque) → 蓬 · péng · fleabane

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

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  • created sense approved 萍蓬 · píng​péng · drifting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    píng​péng

    drifting

    (literary) used to describe a person's life as drifting or wandering without a fixed residence, based on the way duckweed and fleabane float on water

    萍 (literal) → 萍 · píng · wandering 蓬 (literal) → 蓬 · péng · fleabane

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

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