lǐ​sù

letters

  • created reference approved 鲤素/鯉素 → 尺素 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤素 / 鯉素 lǐ​sù

    尺素 chǐ​sù

    see

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 鲤素/鯉素 → 双鲤/雙鯉 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤素 / 鯉素 lǐ​sù

    双鲤 / 雙鯉 shuāng​lǐ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鲤素/鯉素 · lǐ​sù · letters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤素 / 鯉素

    lǐ​sù

    letters

    (literary) correspondence or letters; derived from an old poem where a letter was hidden inside a pair of carp, specifically referring to [[尺素|尺素|chi3 su4]] (a foot of white silk for writing) and [[双鲤|雙鯉|shuang1 li3]] (the carp-shaped boxes)

    鲤 (literal) → 鲤/鯉 · lǐ · letter 素 (literal) → 素 · sù · raw silk

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

    created sense