星孛
Chinese
star; satellite; small amount | comet | ||
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simp. and trad. (星孛) |
星 | 孛 | |
anagram | 孛星 |
Pronunciation
Noun
星孛
- (archaic, Chinese astronomy) comet
- 「秋,七月,有星孛入于北斗。」孛者何?彗星也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE
- “Qiū, qīyuè, yǒu xīngbèi rù yú Běidoǔ.” Bèi zhě hé? Huìxīng yě. [Pinyin]
- "Autumn, the seventh month, there was a xingbei entering the Northern Dipper." What was it that was called bei? It was a comet.
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