吉光片羽

Chinese

		an ancient horse-like creature	a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	feather
simp. and trad. (吉光片羽)		吉光	片	羽

Etymology

Literally: feathers/hairs of a mythological horse.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíguāngpiànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíguāngpiànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄤㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiguangpiannyeu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíguangpiànyǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ kwɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰjɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

吉光片羽

precious pieces of some ancient art

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