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辟邪

Mandarin · pinyin bì xié

to ward off evil spirits
mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅 pí xiū)

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辟: pì · law, rule; open up, develop
邪: xié · wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox

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4–2 · bi4 xie2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pik1 ce4

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noun

bixie, the mythical creature (a chimera-like figure, commonly stone sculpture)

verb

(alt-of, alternative, intransitive, verb-object) alternative spelling of 避邪 (bìxié, “to ward off evil spirits”)

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