许仙

許仙

Xǔ Xiān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xu Xian, the young man who marries the white snake spirit Lady White in the Legend of the White Snake

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

法海把许仙骗到了金山寺。

Fǎhǎi bǎ Xǔ Xiān piàndào le Jīnshān Sì.

Fahai tricked Xu Xian into going to Jinshan Temple.

HSK 7-9

许仙和白娘子在西湖边相遇了。

Xǔ Xiān hé Bái Niángzǐ zài Xīhú biān xiāngyù le.

Xu Xian and Lady White met beside West Lake.

Tips

culture

A young assistant in a Hangzhou pharmacy. The scenes everyone knows: sharing his umbrella at the 断桥, fainting with fright when his wife shows her snake form after drinking 雄黄酒 at the Dragon Boat Festival, and her flooding 金山寺 to win him back, 水漫金山.

Stroke Order

许 xǔ

仙 xiān