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七仙女

Qī Xiānnǚ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Seven Fairies, the seven daughters of the Jade Emperor in Chinese legend
  2. 2 the Seventh Fairy, the youngest of them, who came down to earth to marry the mortal Dong Yong

Examples

HSK 1
七仙女是玉皇大帝的七个女儿。
Qī Xiānnǚ shì Yùhuáng Dàdì de qī ge nǚ'ér.
The Seven Fairies are the Jade Emperor's seven daughters.
HSK 7-9
黄梅戏《天仙配》讲的是七仙女下凡嫁给董永的故事。
Huángméixì 《 Tiānxiānpèi 》 jiǎng de shì Qī Xiānnǚ xiàfán jiàgěi Dǒng Yǒng de gùshi.
The Huangmei opera 'The Heavenly Match' tells how the Seventh Fairy came down to earth and married Dong Yong.

Tips

culture
In the legend the poor young 董永 sells himself as a servant to pay for his father's burial. The youngest fairy pities him, comes down and marries him, but after a hundred days the Jade Emperor orders her back to heaven. The 1955 film of the Huangmei opera made its duet 夫妻双双把家还 'husband and wife go home side by side' known all over China.

Stroke Order

七 qī
仙 xiān
女 nǚ