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fairy
HSK 7-9
Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person
HSK 7-9
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
prescription of elixir / potion of immortality / potion prescribed by an immortal
fairyland / wonderland / paradise
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
Daoist immortal / celestial being
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
heavenly music
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
great immortal
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
confidence trick in which a man is lured by an attractive woman
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  *仙* | 仙* | *仙
immortal
cactus
Suxian, a district of Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
female immortal / sorceress
ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
Perseus (constellation)
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
elixir / magic potion
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
fairyland / honorific: your homeland
a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints)
autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) / meadow saffron
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
Andromeda (constellation)
"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白
world of the immortals; a fairyland; a paradise
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
Cassiopeia (constellation)
Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
ball cactus
narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
rice cracker
heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
to die / to depart this mortal coil
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
to become an immortal; (fig.) to die
jeweled palace in the fairy mountain
to become immortal / big promotion / die
Suxian, a district of Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
Penglai, island of immortals / fairyland
elf / leprechaun
Youxian district of Mianyang city 綿陽市|绵阳市, north Sichuan
Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
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  *僊* | 僊* | *僊
variant of
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
(Taoism) to become an immortal
sparkler (hand-held firework)
girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman
(Tw) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian])
daffodil / narcissus / CL:
Youxian district of Mianyang city 綿陽市|绵阳市, north Sichuan
(bird species of China) pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)
cyclamen (loanword)
Andromeda galaxy M31
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
percent (loanword)
Hercules (constellation)
island of the immortals
(idiom) to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
daffodil
Andromeda galaxy M31
(bird species of China) large niltava (Niltava grandis)
(bird species of China) rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara)
Wang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黃巢起義|黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
prickly pear
(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
(bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31
fairy
mountain of Immortals
erhua variant of 仙方
Cepheus (constellation)
penny stocks
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
Xianyou, a county in Putian City 莆田市, Fujian
Xianyou, a county in Putian City 莆田市, Fujian
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
see 草海
Cassini space probe
night owl / late sleeper
(bird species of China) small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
(bird species of China) Fujian niltava (Niltava davidi)
(bird species of China) Chinese vivid niltava (Niltava oatesi)
(bird species of China) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
(bird species of China) white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum)
memorial altar / platform for praying to immortals
colchicine (pharmacy)

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