三足金乌

三足金烏
sānzú jīnwū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (East Asian mythology)

Examples

HSK 7-9
传说太阳三足金乌
Chuánshuō tàiyáng lǐ zhù zhe sānzú jīnwū.
Legend has it that a three-legged Golden Crow lives inside the sun.
HSK 7-9
Hàn dài huàxiàng shí shàng chángjiàn sānzú jīnwū de xíngxiàng.
Images of the three-legged Golden Crow are common on Han dynasty pictorial stones.

Tips

culture
Counterpart to the moon's 月兔 (jade rabbit). The Korean samjok-o on the Goguryeo tomb murals is the same creature. Linked to the Houyi-shoots-the-suns myth: the archer Houyi shot down nine of ten Golden Crows, leaving today's single sun.

In Pop Culture

后羿 Hòuyì shè rì
Houyi Shoots the Suns
Classical myth where Houyi shoots down nine of ten 三足金乌, each carrying a sun across the sky.

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