蟹荒蟹亂
xiè​huāng​xiè​luàn

evil omen

  • created sense approved 蟹荒蟹乱/蟹荒蟹亂 · xiè​huāng​xiè​luàn · evil omen — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蟹荒蟹乱 / 蟹荒蟹亂

    xiè​huāng​xiè​luàn

    evil omen

    a disaster or plague involving an overabundance of shellfish, historically interpreted as a bad omen; (variant form) a portent of calamity or social unrest

    蟹 (literal) → 蟹 · xiè · crab 荒 (literal) → 荒 · huāng · famine 蟹 (literal) → 蟹 · xiè · crab 乱 (literal) → 乱/亂 · luàn · upheaval

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

    created sense