hēi​sǐ​bìng

the Black Death; bubonic plague

  • created reference approved 黑死病 → 鼠疫 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黑死病 hēi​sǐ​bìng

    鼠疫 shǔ​yì

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 黑死病 · hēi​sǐ​bìng · the Black Death; bubonic plague — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黑死病

    hēi​sǐ​bìng

    the Black Death; bubonic plague

    bubonic plague; specifically the pandemic that killed millions in 14th-century Eurasia, often used generally to refer to any outbreak of the plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis

    黑 (literal) → 黑 · hēi · black 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 病 (literal) → 病 · bìng · illness

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

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