吉光片羽

Chinese

		an ancient horse-like creature	a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	feather
trad. (吉光片羽)		吉光	片	羽
simp. ^#(吉光片羽)		吉光	片	羽
Literally: “feathers/hairs of a mythological horse”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíguāngpiànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíguāngpiànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíguangpiànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-kuang¹-pʻien⁴-yü³
  - Yale: jí-gwāng-pyàn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiguangpiannyeu
  - Palladius: цзигуанпяньюй (cziguanpjanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

吉光片羽

precious pieces of some ancient art

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