xiān

跹

Character · AdjectiveTraditional躚

used in 翩跹 (dance lightly)

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

adjective

used in the term 翩跹, describing a light, whirling dance; dancing lightly

literary

This character is a bound morpheme and does not appear independently; it only occurs in the literary term 翩跹 (piān xiān) and its compounds.

Hú蝴
dié蝶
zài在
huā花
cóng丛
zhōng中
piān翩
xiān跹
qǐ起
wǔ舞
 。

Butterflies dance lightly among the flowers.

Tā她
shēn身
zī姿
piān翩
xiān跹
 ，
wǎn宛
rú如
yuè月
xià下
xiān仙
zǐ子
 。

She danced with graceful lightness, like a fairy beneath the moon.