cháng​tíng​duǎn​tíng

pavilions for rest

  • created sense approved 长亭短亭/長亭短亭 · cháng​tíng​duǎn​tíng · pavilions for rest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长亭短亭 / 長亭短亭

    cháng​tíng​duǎn​tíng

    pavilions for rest

    Ancient roadside rest stops spaced at regular intervals for travelers to rest or say goodbye; in ancient times, a long pavilion was placed every ten [[里|里|li3]] and a short pavilion every five [[里|里|li3]]

    长亭 (literal) → 长亭/長亭 · cháng​tíng · roadside pavilion 短亭 (literal) → 短亭 · duǎn​tíng · small roadside pavilion

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 长亭短亭/長亭短亭 · cháng​tíng​duǎn​tíng · a long journey — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长亭短亭 / 長亭短亭

    cháng​tíng​duǎn​tíng

    a long journey

    Used figuratively to describe a long and continuous journey; literally refers to the series of rest stops encountered along a road

    长亭 (literal) → 长亭/長亭 · cháng​tíng · roadside pavilion 短亭 (literal) → 短亭 · duǎn​tíng · small roadside pavilion

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

    created sense