虎符
hǔ​fú

tiger tally

  • created sense approved 虎符 · hǔ​fú · tiger tally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虎符

    hǔ​fú

    tiger tally

    a two-piece tiger-shaped metal object used in ancient China to authorize troop movements; the split halves were matched together to verify a commander's authority

    虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 符 (literal) → 符 · fú · tally

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

    created sense