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Word · NounTraditional盨

ancient bronze food vessel

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

ancient bronze vessel for holding food, typically oval or rectangular with a lid and two loop handles

archaic

Refers specifically to a type of ritual bronze vessel (礼器) used during the Western Zhou dynasty for holding cooked millet or other food offerings in ancestral ceremonies. The lid could often be inverted to serve as a tray.

Zhè这
jiàn件
Xī西
Zhōu周
shí时
qí期
de的
xǔ盨
bǎo保
cún存
wán完
hǎo好
 。

This xu vessel from the Western Zhou period is well-preserved.

Bó博
wù物
guǎn馆
lǐ里
chén陈
liè列
zhe着
gè各
zhǒng种
qīng青
tóng铜
xǔ盨
 。

Various bronze xu vessels are on display in the museum.

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Xǔ盨
shì是
Xī西
Zhōu周
shí时
qí期
zhòng重
yào要
de的
lǐ礼
qì器
zhī之
yī一
 。

The xu was one of the important ritual vessels during the Western Zhou period.