扶搖
Chinese
to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help | shake; to rock | ||
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trad. (扶搖) | 扶 | 搖 | |
simp. (扶摇) | 扶 | 摇 |
Pronunciation
Noun
扶搖
- (literary) a violent, upward-whirling storm wind; whirlwind
- 鵬之徙於南冥也,水擊三千里,摶扶搖而上者九萬里,去以六月息者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Péng zhī xǐ yú nánmíng yě, shuǐ jī sān qiān lǐ, tuán fúyáo ér shàng zhě jiǔ wàn lǐ, qù yǐ liù yuè xī zhě yě. [Pinyin]
- When the peng is removing to the Southern Ocean it flaps (its wings) on the water for 3000 li. Then it ascends on a whirlwind 90,000 li, and it rests only at the end of six months.
鹏之徙于南冥也,水击三千里,抟扶摇而上者九万里,去以六月息者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, Chinese mythology) name of a mythical tree
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