guī​chè

drought cracks

  • created reference approved 龟坼/龜坼 → 条/條 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龟坼 / 龜坼 guī​chè

    条 / 條 tiáo

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 龟坼/龜坼 · guī​chè · drought cracks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龟坼 / 龜坼

    guī​chè

    drought cracks

    cracks in the soil or ground caused by drought; resembling the patterns on a tortoise shell

    龟 (literal) → 龟/龜 · guī · tortoise 坼 (literal) → 坼 · chè · to split

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 龟坼/龜坼 · guī​chè · ancient divination — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龟坼 / 龜坼

    guī​chè

    ancient divination

    (literary) a method of ancient divination involving the observation of crack patterns on heated tortoise shells

    龟 (literal) → 龟/龜 · guī · tortoise 坼 (literal) → 坼 · chè · to split

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

    created sense