Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span> Mandarin (Pinyin): sōngzhúméi (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄟˊ Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: sōngzhúméi Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ...
See also: shōchikubai shōchikubai (rare) From Japanese <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span> (shōchikubai, literally “pine, bamboo, plum”, from the favorable symbolism of these three plants)...
front of homes in celebration of New Years お正月(しょうがつ) (oshōgatsu): New Years <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span>(しょうちくばい) (shōchikubai): pine, bamboo, and plum (as auspicious symbols) ^...
"three friends of winter": pine (or daffodil), bamboo, and plum blossom <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span>(しょうちくばい) (shōchikubai, “pine, bamboo, and plum blossom as a set”) 水仙(すいせん)...
made to fit with similar concepts to which it shares several elements (see <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span> (tùng trúc mai)), even if the order of seasons is reverse. (Hà Nội) IPA(key):...
of the early modern era) the middle of a 3-tier ranking system Hypernym: <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span> Coordinate terms: 松, 竹, 梅 竹(たけ)馬(うま) (takeuma) 竹垣(たけがき) (takegaki) 竹刀(たけがたな)...
celebration of New Year the highest rank of a 3-tier ranking system Hypernym: <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span> Coordinate terms: 松, 竹, 梅 a 家紋 (“crest”) in the shape of pine branches or...
Synonym: 白梅 (hakubai) the lowest of a three-level rank system Hypernym: <span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span> Coordinate terms: 松, 竹, 梅 a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with varying designs...
【<span class="searchmatch">松竹梅</span>】 [noun] the pine, bamboo, and plum as a set; the three auspicious symbols of the Japanese New Year [noun] a three-rank system based on grades or...