信蝶

xìndié
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 messenger butterfly
  2. 2 fictional letter-carrying butterfly

Examples

Xiǎoshuō lǐ de xìndié néng bǎ xìn sòng dào qiānlǐ zhī wài.
In the novel, the messenger butterfly can carry letters thousands of li away.
Tā huànxiǎng yǎng yī zhī xìndié tì tā chuánhuà.
He daydreams about raising a messenger butterfly to pass on his words.

Tips

culture
Formed by analogy with 信鸽 (carrier pigeon): (message) + (butterfly). The term shows up in wuxia and fantasy fiction rather than zoology — real butterflies do not carry messages.

Stroke Order

xìn
dié