不 朽 bù xiǔ immortal / immortality 天 仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman 不 朽 的 bù xiǔ de immortal 佺 immortal 神 仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person 仙 人 xiān rén Daoist immortal / celestial being 水 仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 成 仙 chéng xiān to become immortal 得 道 dé dào to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal 大 仙 dà xiān great immortal 羽 化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion 仙 姑 xiān gū female immortal / sorceress 点 化 diǎn huà magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal / fig. to reveal / to enlighten 魂 soul / spirit / immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body 三 魂 七 魄 sān hún qī pò three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man 驾 鹤 成 仙 jià hè chéng xiān to fly on a crane and become immortal 佡 variant of 仙, immortal / light (as a feather) 七 魄 qī pò seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 / three immortal souls 三 魂 sān hún three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect 仙 方 xiān fāng prescription of elixir / potion of immortality / potion prescribed by an immortal 修 炼 成 仙 xiū liàn chéng xiān lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect 僊 variant of 仙, immortal 水 僊 shuǐ xiān variant of 水仙, narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 登 仙 dēng xiān to become immortal / big promotion / die 圣 胎 shèng tāi immortal body (of born again Daoist) 脱 胎 成 仙 tuō tāi chéng xiān reborn as immortal 跨 鹤 扬 州 kuà hè Yáng zhōu lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die 灯 塔 水 母 dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) 傿 Yān name of an immortal / ancient place name / surname Yan 仙 去 xiān qù to become an immortal / (fig.) to die 谪 仙 zhé xiān a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2] / (fig.) banished official
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