神仙 shénxiān
shénxiān
noun
an immortal; a supernatural being
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Mythology
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '神仙')
Contained in
- 夜神仙 night owl; late sleeper
- 活神仙似 to live like the immortals (advertising real estate)
- 狐鬼神仙 foxes, ghosts and immortals; supernatural beings, usually fictional
- 神仙传(神仙傳) Biographies of Divine Transcendents
- 神仙方术(神仙方術) arts for becoming immortal
- 饭后一支烟,赛过活神仙(飯後一支煙,賽過活神仙) have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals
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- 卷二百〇五 志第一百五十八 藝文四 Volume 205 Treatises 158: Arts and Literature 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
- 第一回 Chapter 1 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
- 卷五十九 志第四十九 藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 11
- 卷34 志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 10
- 第十五回 Chapter 15 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 7
- 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
- 卷二百〇二 列傳第八十九: 釋老 Volume 202 Biographies 89: Buddhists and Taoists History of Yuan 元史 — count: 6
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
- 第二十九回 Chapter 29 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
- 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
Collocations
- 神仙服食 (神仙服食) 神仙服食經 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷34 志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 — count: 16
- 好神仙 (好神仙) 往時武帝好神仙 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 下 Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 — count: 12
- 以为神仙 (以為神仙) 以爲神仙焉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十八 郭符許列傳 Volume 68: Biographies of Guo, Fu, Xu — count: 8
- 神仙事 (神仙事) 好神仙事 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第八 祭祀中 北郊 明堂 辟雍 靈臺 迎氣 增祀 六宗 老子 Volume 98: Rituals and Worship Part Two — count: 5
- 神仙可 (神仙可) 以為神仙可致 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷78 列傳第43 藝術 Volume 78 Biographies 43: Artists — count: 5
- 求神仙 (求神仙) 求神仙 — New Discussions 新語, 卷上 道基第一 術事第二 輔政第三 無為第四 辨惑第五 慎微第六 Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 神仙长年 (神仙長年) 神仙長年 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 4
- 致神仙 (致神仙) 黃帝以百二十女致神仙 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十九下 王莽傳 Volume 99c: Wang Mang 3 — count: 3
- 问神仙 (問神仙) 又問神仙修煉之事 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百九十二 列傳第一百四十二: 隱逸 Volume 192 Biographies 142: Recluses — count: 3
- 太清神仙 (太清神仙) 太清神仙服食經 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十七 志第二十七: 經籍下 Volume 47 Treatises 27: Literature 2 — count: 3