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八仙

Mandarin · pinyin Bā xiān

the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)

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八: bā · eight; all around, all sides
仙: xiān · Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal

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1–1 · Ba1 xian1

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baat3 sin1

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noun

(Chinese mythology) Eight Immortals
(regional) short for 八仙桌 (bāxiānzhuō)

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