There are 6 total results for your eight immortals search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
仙 see styles |
xiān xian1 hsien hisa ひさ |
More info & calligraphy: Immortal(1) (See 仙人・1) hermit; wizard; (2) (See 仙術) wizardry; (personal name) Hisa 僊 ṛṣi, 哩始 an immortal. 仙人; 人仙 the genī, of whom there is a famous group of eight 八仙; an ascetic, a man of the hills, a hermit; the Buddha. The 楞嚴經 gives ten kinds of immortals, walkers on the earth, fliers, wanderers at will, into space, into the deva heavens, transforming themselves into any form, etc. The names of ten ṛṣis, who preceded Śākyamuni, the first being 闍提首那? Jatisena; there is also a list of sixty-eight 大仙 given in the 大孔雀咒經下 A classification of five is 天仙 deva genī, 神仙 spirit genī, 人仙 human genī, 地仙 earth, or cavern genī, and 鬼仙 ghost genī. |
八仙 see styles |
bā xiān ba1 xian1 pa hsien hassen はっせん |
More info & calligraphy: Eight Immortals(given name) Hassen |
霓裳 see styles |
ní cháng ni2 chang2 ni ch`ang ni chang |
nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] |
呂洞賓 吕洞宾 see styles |
lǚ dòng bīn lu:3 dong4 bin1 lü tung pin |
Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] |
李鐵拐 李铁拐 see styles |
lǐ tiě guǎi li3 tie3 guai3 li t`ieh kuai li tieh kuai |
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine |
八仙過海，各顯神通 八仙过海，各显神通 see styles |
bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng ba1 xian1 guo4 hai3 , ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1 pa hsien kuo hai , ko hsien shen t`ung pa hsien kuo hai , ko hsien shen tung |
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom); fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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