長庚
Chinese
long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
7th heavenly stem; age | ||
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trad. (長庚) | 長 | 庚 | |
simp. (长庚) | 长 | 庚 | |
alternative forms | 長賡/长赓 長更/长更 |
Pronunciation
Noun
長庚
- (~星) (Chinese astronomy) planet Venus in the west after dusk
- 東有啟明,西有長庚。有捄天畢,載施之行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dōng yǒu qǐmíng, xī yǒu chánggēng. Yǒu qiú tiānbì, zài shī zhī xíng. [Pinyin]
- In the east there is Lucifer;
In the west there is Hesperus;
Long and curved is the Rabbit Net of the sky; -
But they only occupy their places.
东有启明,西有长庚。有捄天毕,载施之行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 彗星 (huìxīng, “comet”).
Derived terms
- 夢協長庚/梦协长庚
- 夢叶長庚/梦叶长庚
- 長庚入夢/长庚入梦
- 長庚協夢/长庚协梦
- 長庚叶夢/长庚叶梦
- 長庚夢/长庚梦
- 長庚星/长庚星
- 長庚李/长庚李
- 長庚白/长庚白
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