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仙桃

xiāntáo
noun #61,221

Meanings

  1. 1 peach of immortality (mythological)
  2. 2 Xiantao, a sub-prefecture-level city in Hubei Province

Examples

传说仙桃三千年才结一次果。
Chuánshuō xiāntáo sān qiān nián cái jié yī cì guǒ.
Legend says the peach of immortality bears fruit only once every three thousand years.
他的家乡在湖北仙桃。
Tā de jiāxiāng zài Húběi Xiāntáo.
His hometown is in Xiantao, Hubei.

Tips

culture
In Chinese mythology, 仙桃 grow in the orchard of 西王母 (Xī Wángmǔ, Queen Mother of the West) and grant immortality to whoever eats them. The most famous tale is Sun Wukong stealing them from her heavenly banquet in 《西游记》 (Journey to the West).

In Pop Culture

蟠桃会 Pántáo huì
Peach Banquet of Immortals
The legendary feast hosted by 西王母 where deities eat 仙桃 — disrupted by Sun Wukong in 《西游记》, one of the best-known scenes in Chinese fiction.

Stroke Order

仙 xiān
桃 táo