created reference approved 褒姒 → 周幽王 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
褒姒 bāosì
周幽王 zhōuyōuwáng
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 褒姒 · bāosì · Baosi — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
褒姒
bāosì
Baosi
Concubine of [[周幽王|周幽王|zhou1 you1 wang2]] and one of the famous beauties of ancient China; she is known for her legendary lack of a smile, which led the King to falsely light signal fires to entertain her, eventually causing his downfall when the fires were ignored during a real invasion.
褒 (literal) → 褒 · bāo · to praise 姒 (literal) → 姒 · sì · Si
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition