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Chinese
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flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
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cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
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trad. (華蓋)
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華
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蓋
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simp. (华盖)
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华
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盖
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Pronunciation
Noun
華蓋
- (historical) canopy (domed umbrella-like roof) over an imperial carriage
- (literary, by extension) imperial carriage; nobleman's chariot
- (Chinese astronomy) Canopy of the Emperor, an asterism in the Purple Forbidden enclosure and a sign of bad luck
- (astronomy) aureole
- (Taoism) eyebrow
References
- “Entry #83647”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.