诗仙
shī xiān
Pinyin

Definition

诗仙
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shī xiān
  1. "immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白[Lǐ Bái]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

仙
xiān
  1. 1 immortal
神仙
shén xiān
  1. 1 Daoist immortal
  2. 2 supernatural entity
  3. 3 (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc
  4. 4 fig. lighthearted person
仙人
xiān rén
  1. 1 Daoist immortal
  2. 2 celestial being
仙人掌
xiān rén zhǎng
  1. 1 cactus
仙人球
xiān rén qiú
  1. 1 ball cactus
仙境
xiān jìng
  1. 1 fairyland
  2. 2 wonderland
  3. 3 paradise
仙女
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy
仙子
xiān zǐ
  1. 1 fairy
仙界
xiān jiè
  1. 1 world of the immortals
  2. 2 fairyland
  3. 3 cloud nine
仙草
xiān cǎo
  1. 1 medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
  2. 2 grass jelly
八仙
Bā xiān
  1. 1 the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
大仙
dà xiān
  1. 1 great immortal
成仙
chéng xiān
  1. 1 to become immortal
水仙
shuǐ xiān
  1. 1 narcissus
  2. 2 daffodil
  3. 3 legendary aquatic immortal
  4. 4 refers to those buried at sea
  5. 5 person who wanders abroad and does not return
水仙花
shuǐ xiān huā
  1. 1 daffodil
  2. 2 narcissus
  3. 3 CL:棵[kē]
仙丹
xiān dān
  1. 1 elixir
  2. 2 magic potion
仙去
xiān qù
  1. 1 to become an immortal
  2. 2 (fig.) to die
仙台
Xiān tái
  1. 1 Sendai, city in northeast Japan
仙后座
Xiān hòu zuò
  1. 1 Cassiopeia (constellation)
仙女座
Xiān nu:3 zuò
  1. 1 Andromeda (constellation)

Idioms (3)

仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
  1. 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven

Sample Sentences

这个我知道，“诗仙”嘛。
zhè ge wǒ zhīdào ，“shīxiān ”ma 。
I know this guy: “The Immortal Poet”.
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诗仙嘛！从古到今就这一个。
shīxiān ma ！cóng gǔ dào jīn jiù zhè yī gè 。
The mystical poet! From antiquity until now, there's only one.
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