cháng​míng​dēng

altar lamp

  • created reference approved 长明灯/長明燈 → 盏/盞 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长明灯 / 長明燈 cháng​míng​dēng

    盏 / 盞 zhǎn

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 长明灯/長明燈 · cháng​míng​dēng · altar lamp — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长明灯 / 長明燈

    cháng​míng​dēng

    altar lamp

    An oil lamp kept burning day and night, typically placed in front of a Buddhist or Taoist altar.

    长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · bright 灯 (literal) → 灯/燈 · dēng · lamp

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 长明灯/長明燈 · cháng​míng​dēng · funerary lamp — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长明灯 / 長明燈

    cháng​míng​dēng

    funerary lamp

    An oil lamp placed in a tomb with the coffin, intended to provide eternal light for the deceased

    长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · bright 灯 (literal) → 灯/燈 · dēng · lamp

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

    created sense