铜驼荆棘
tóng​tuó​jīng​jí

devastation of war

  • created reference approved 铜驼荆棘/銅駝荊棘 → 荆棘铜驼/荊棘銅駝 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铜驼荆棘 / 銅駝荊棘 tóng​tuó​jīng​jí

    荆棘铜驼 / 荊棘銅駝 jīng​jí​tóng​tuó

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 铜驼荆棘/銅駝荊棘 · tóng​tuó​jīng​jí · devastation of war — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铜驼荆棘 / 銅駝荊棘

    tóng​tuó​jīng​jí

    devastation of war

    The sight of palace bronze camels buried in thorns; used to describe the tragic ruins of a fallen capital, the devastation of a nation, or the decline of a once-great family.

    铜驼 (literal) → 铜驼/銅駝 · tóng​tuó · bronze camel 荆棘 (literal) → 荆棘/荊棘 · jīng​jí · brambles

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

    created sense