qiān​gǒng

lead and mercury

  • created sense approved 铅汞/鉛汞 · qiān​gǒng · lead and mercury — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铅汞 / 鉛汞

    qiān​gǒng

    lead and mercury

    an amalgam of lead and mercury used by Daoist alchemists to refine pills of immortality

    铅 (literal) → 铅/鉛 · qiān · lead 汞 (literal) → 汞 · gǒng · mercury

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 铅汞/鉛汞 · qiān​gǒng · alchemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铅汞 / 鉛汞

    qiān​gǒng

    alchemy

    the practice of refining pills of immortality or Daoist alchemy in general

    铅 (literal) → 铅/鉛 · qiān · lead 汞 (literal) → 汞 · gǒng · mercury

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

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