Bi fei, Bì fèi, Bǐng fèi, Bing fei: 5 definitions
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蔽芾 [bì fèi] [bi fei]—
A flourishing appearance (茂盛的樣子 [mao sheng de yang zi]). From The Book of Odes (《詩經 [shi jing]》), "Zhao Nan" (《召南 [zhao nan]》), "Sweet Pear Tree" (《甘棠 [gan tang]》): "The flourishing sweet pear tree (甘棠 [gan tang]), do not cut it, do not fell it (勿翦勿伐 [wu jian wu fa])." Song Dynasty (宋 [song]) scholar Zhu Xi's (朱熹 [zhu xi]) Collected Commentaries on the Book of Odes (《詩集傳 [shi ji chuan]》), Volume 1 (卷一 [juan yi]), "Zhao Nan" (《召南 [zhao nan]》), "Sweet Pear Tree" (《甘棠 [gan tang]》): "'Bì Fèi' means 'flourishing appearance' (盛貌 [sheng mao])."
蔽芾：茂盛的樣子。《詩經．召南．甘棠》：「蔽芾甘棠，勿翦勿伐。」宋．朱熹《詩集傳．卷一．召南．甘棠》：「蔽芾，盛貌。」
bì fèi: mào shèng de yàng zi. < shī jīng． zhào nán． gān táng>: “bì fèi gān táng, wù jiǎn wù fá.” sòng． zhū xī < shī jí chuán． juǎn yī． zhào nán． gān táng>: “bì fèi, shèng mào.”
bi fei: mao sheng de yang zi. < shi jing. zhao nan. gan tang>: "bi fei gan tang, wu jian wu fa." song. zhu xi < shi ji chuan. juan yi. zhao nan. gan tang>: "bi fei, sheng mao."
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觱沸 [bì fèi] [bi fei]—
The appearance of spring water gushing out.
From "Zhan Yang" (瞻卬 [zhan ang]) in "Major Odes" (大雅 [da ya]) of "The Book of Odes" (詩經 [shi jing]): "The spring water gushes forth, and it is very deep."
From Liu Yuxi's (劉禹錫 [liu yu xi]) "Record of Restoring Jingmen County" (復荊門縣記 [fu jing men xian ji]) from the Tang Dynasty (唐 [tang]): "In the past, [we] drank from a muddy pool (洿 [wu]), which was turbid (溷 [hun]) in summer and dry (枯 [ku]) in winter; since the official's (公 [gong]) compassionate intervention (感通 [gan tong]), the gushing spring has appeared (生兮 [sheng xi])."
觱沸：泉水湧出的樣子。《詩經．大雅．瞻卬》：「觱沸檻泉，維其深矣。」唐．劉禹錫〈復荊門縣記〉：「昔飲于洿，夏溷冬枯；自公感通，觱沸生兮。」
bì fèi: quán shuǐ yǒng chū de yàng zi. < shī jīng． dà yǎ． zhān áng>: “bì fèi kǎn quán, wéi qí shēn yǐ.” táng． liú yǔ xī 〈fù jīng mén xiàn jì〉: “xī yǐn yú wū, xià hùn dōng kū； zì gōng gǎn tōng, bì fèi shēng xī.”
bi fei: quan shui yong chu de yang zi. < shi jing. da ya. zhan ang>: "bi fei kan quan, wei qi shen yi." tang. liu yu xi
蔽芾 ts = bì fèi p refers to “luxuriant/lush/young (plants)”.
蔽芾 ts = bì fèi p refers to [adjective] “luxuriant; lush; young (plants)”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蔽芾 [bi fei]') .
鞞吠 [bǐng fèi] refers to: “merchant caste”.
鞞吠 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 吠奢; 吠舍; 毘吠.
[Vietnamese] tỳ phệ.
[Korean] 비폐 / bipye.
[Japanese] ヒベイ / hibei.
Chinese language.
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Partial matches: Fei, Bi, Bing.
Full-text (+80): Bing fei, Ty phe, Bi, Gan tang, Fei she, Pi fei, Ba, Shao dai jiao er, Po bi fei qu, Peng jin, Yi ma zi, Wu, Ying shi, Dao wai wu yan fang shi dao xin zhong you shi bing fei xin, Chang bu, Pang da wu bi, Zhuan liang, Ping xin er tan, Dang pai, Bu wan quan shi.
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