仙人

xiānrén
noun #21,744

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Daoist immortal
  2. 2 celestial being
  3. 3 transcendent person
  4. 4 sage

Examples

Chuánshuō zhōng, xiānrén jūzhù zài gāoshān zhī diān.
According to legend, immortals live at the tops of high mountains.
Tā xiūliàn duō nián, zhōngyú chéngwéi le yī wèi xiānrén.
After years of cultivation, he finally became an immortal.

Tips

culture
仙人 is central to Daoist cosmology. Unlike Western angels, 仙人 are humans who have achieved immortality through spiritual cultivation (修炼). They are believed to live in mountains or sacred islands like .

Stroke Order

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