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red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
island of the immortals
fairy
HSK 7-9
ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
cactus
fairy
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
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immortal
Cassiopeia (constellation)
Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person
HSK 7-9
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
(Tw) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian])
Andromeda (constellation)
Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31
old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie
to die / to depart this mortal coil
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
fairyland / honorific: your homeland
Andromeda galaxy M31
Andromeda galaxy M31
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
world of the immortals; a fairyland; a paradise
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
female immortal / sorceress
Xianyou, a county in Putian City 莆田市, Fujian
Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
rice cracker
fairyland / wonderland / paradise
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
sparkler (handheld firework) / (slang) vibrator (sex toy)
to fly on a crane and become immortal
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
elf / leprechaun
Cepheus (constellation)
mountain of Immortals
cyclamen (loanword)
great immortal
a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints)
Perseus (constellation)
"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白
heavenly music
prickly pear
(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
to become an immortal; (fig.) to die
daffodil / narcissus / CL:
penny stocks
to become immortal / big promotion / die
girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
Suxian, a district of Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
confidence trick in which a man is lured by an attractive woman
Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
elixir / magic potion
Cassini space probe
ball cactus
jeweled palace in the fairy mountain
memorial altar / platform for praying to immortals
autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) / meadow saffron
(Taoism) to become an immortal
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
(bird species of China) rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara)
Daoist immortal / celestial being
(bird species of China) large niltava (Niltava grandis)
Hercules (constellation)
see 草海
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang / same as 孫中山|孙中山
(idiom) to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
night owl / late sleeper
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited
a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白 / (fig.) banished official
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
Youxian district of Mianyang city 綿陽市|绵阳市, north Sichuan
(bird species of China) small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)
(bird species of China) white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum)
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
daffodil
Wong Tai Sin district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
percent (loanword)
(bird species of China) Fujian niltava (Niltava davidi)
Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
Gao Xianzhi or Go Seonji (c. 702-756), Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽 extraction, active in Central Asia
(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy)
(bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
colchicine (pharmacy)

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