lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
trad. 蟾宮折桂
Also written 蟾宮折桂【chán gōng zhé guì】
Characters in this word
4蟾
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toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking), (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon, (metonym) the moon
- Pinyin
- chán
- Strokes
- 19
宫
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surname Gong
- Pinyin
- Gōng
- Traditional
- 宮
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8493 of 2500
折
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to snap, to break (a stick, a bone etc), (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- Pinyin
- shé
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13237 of 2500
桂
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surname Gui, abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- Pinyin
- Guì
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 47482 of 2500