霓裳
ní cháng
Pinyin
Definition
霓裳
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- nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Bā xiān]
霓裳
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- Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ní cháng yǔ yī qū] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ní cháng yǔ yī wǔ]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (1)
大旱望云霓
- 1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
- 2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation