xián​shèng

sages and saints

  • created sense approved 贤圣/賢聖 · xián​shèng · wine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贤圣 / 賢聖

    xián​shèng

    wine

    a metaphor for wine used in classical literature

    贤 (literal) → 贤/賢 · xián · worthy person 圣 (literal) → 圣/聖 · shèng · sage

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  • created sense approved 贤圣/賢聖 · xián​shèng · sages and saints — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贤圣 / 賢聖

    xián​shèng

    sages and saints

    individuals of great virtue and wisdom, often used in a religious or philosophical context

    贤 (literal) → 贤/賢 · xián · worthy person 圣 (literal) → 圣/聖 · shèng · sage

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

    created sense