避煞
bì​shà

to avoid evil spirits

  • created sense approved 避煞 · bì​shà · to avoid evil spirits — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    避煞

    bì​shà

    to avoid evil spirits

    To ward off or avoid evil spirits; specifically, a traditional custom where family members avoid the home on a date calculated by a priest to be when a deceased person's soul returns.

    避 (literal) → 避 · bì · to prevent 煞 (literal) → 煞 · shà · evil spirit

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

    created sense