朱雀
朱雀
Zhū què
Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)
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- Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)
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Related Words
四象(sì xiàng)— four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
→玄武(Xuán wǔ)— Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
→白虎(Bái hǔ)— White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky)
→苍龙(Cāng lóng)— Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
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