cí​huáng

orpiment

  • created reference approved 雌黄/雌黃 → 信口雌黄/信口雌黃 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雌黄 / 雌黃 cí​huáng

    信口雌黄 / 信口雌黃 xìn​kǒu​cí​huáng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 雌黄/雌黃 · cí​huáng · orpiment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雌黄 / 雌黃

    cí​huáng

    orpiment

    A lemon-yellow mineral used as a pigment; in ancient times, it was used to paint over errors on yellow paper, similar to modern correction fluid.

    cī​huáng

    雌 (literal) → 雌 · cí · female 黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow substance

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 雌黄/雌黃 · cí​huáng · to edit a text — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雌黄 / 雌黃

    cí​huáng

    to edit a text

    To make changes or corrections to a piece of writing, derived from the historical use of orpiment as correction fluid

    cī​huáng

    雌 (literal) → 雌 · cí · female 黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow substance

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  • created sense approved 雌黄/雌黃 · cí​huáng · to criticize groundlessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雌黄 / 雌黃

    cí​huáng

    to criticize groundlessly

    To offer baseless criticism or comments while disregarding the facts

    cī​huáng

    雌 (literal) → 雌 · cí · female 黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow substance

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

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