湘妃竹
xiāng fēi zhú
Pinyin

Definition

湘妃竹
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xiāng fēi zhú
  1. same as 斑竹[bān zhú], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shùn] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[É huanɡ2] and Nüying 女英[Nǚ yinɡ1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiāng Fēi]) upon learning of his death

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
贵妃
guì fēi
  1. 1 senior concubine
  2. 2 imperial consort
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
妃嫔
fēi pín
  1. 1 imperial concubine
妃子
fēi zi
  1. 1 imperial concubine
嫔妃
pín fēi
  1. 1 imperial concubine
富贵竹
fù guì zhú
  1. 1 lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
放爆竹
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
新竹
Xīn zhú
  1. 1 Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries
  2. 2 Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
杨贵妃
Yáng Guì fēi
  1. 1 Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yáng Yù huán] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Táng Xuán zōng], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[Ān Shǐ zhī Luàn]
湘
Xiāng
  1. 1 abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
  2. 2 abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
湘江
Xiāng jiāng
  1. 1 the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
湘潭
Xiāng tán
  1. 1 Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan
湘菜
Xiāng cài
  1. 1 Hunan cuisine
湘西
Xiāng xī
  1. 1 Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
  2. 2 western Hunan
潇湘
Xiāo xiāng
  1. 1 other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiāng jiāng] in Hunan province
王妃
wáng fēi
  1. 1 princess (in Europe)
竹
zhú
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 118

Idioms (9)

势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends

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