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天狗食日
tin1 gau2 sik6 jat6 |
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eclipse; lit. sky dog eats the sun In China of old, there was a myth about the solar eclipse in that they used to believe that the sun was eaten by the sky-dog and gongs were beaten to scare off the sky dog thus making the sun return.
Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:天 tin1 - sky, heaven狗 gau2 - dog 食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food 日 jat6 - sun; day |
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