雙鯉
shuāng​lǐ

letter

  • created reference approved 双鲤/雙鯉 → 双鲤鱼/雙鯉魚 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    双鲤 / 雙鯉 shuāng​lǐ

    双鲤鱼 / 雙鯉魚 shuāng​lǐ​yú

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 双鲤/雙鯉 · shuāng​lǐ · letter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    双鲤 / 雙鯉

    shuāng​lǐ

    letter

    (literary) A pair of carps, used as a poetic name for a letter or correspondence. Reference to the ancient custom of hiding letters inside the belly of wooden carps.

    双 (literal) → 双/雙 · shuāng · two 鲤 (literal) → 鲤/鯉 · lǐ · letter

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

    created sense