駕返瑤池
jià​fǎn​yáo​chí

rest in peace

  • created reference approved 驾返瑶池/駕返瑤池 → 跨鹤西归/跨鶴西歸 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驾返瑶池 / 駕返瑤池 jià​fǎn​yáo​chí

    跨鹤西归 / 跨鶴西歸 kuà​hè​xī​guī

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 驾返瑶池/駕返瑤池 · jià​fǎn​yáo​chí · rest in peace — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驾返瑶池 / 駕返瑤池

    jià​fǎn​yáo​chí

    rest in peace

    Used in elegiac couplets or funeral banners to mourn the death of an elderly woman; literally means the carriage has returned to the Jade Pond, the mythical home of the Queen Mother of the West.

    驾 (literal) → 驾/駕 · jià · to drive 返 (literal) → 返 · fǎn · to return 瑶池 (literal) → 瑶池/瑤池 · yáo​chí · Jade Lake

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