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

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