長命縷
cháng​mìng​lǚ

longevity thread

  • created sense approved 长命缕/長命縷 · cháng​mìng​lǚ · longevity thread — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长命缕 / 長命縷

    cháng​mìng​lǚ

    longevity thread

    multicolored silk thread worn around the wrist or neck during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil and ensure long life

    长命 (literal) → 长命/長命 · cháng​mìng · long life 缕 (literal) → 缕/縷 · lǚ · strand; wisp

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

    created sense