飛星

飛星

1. (literary or dialectal) meteor; shooting star

   • 四年閏月庚午，飛星大如缶，出西南，入斗下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     四年闰月庚午，飞星大如缶，出西南，入斗下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Sì nián rùnyuè gēngwǔ, fēixīng dà rú fǒu, chū xīnán, rù dǒu xià. [Pinyin]

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   • 近效承命，飛星忽降於重霄。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     近效承命，飞星忽降于重霄。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Qian Xu (錢珝), 代宰相謝賜布帛表

     Jìnxiào chéngmìng, fēixīng hū jiàng yú chóngxiāo. [Pinyin]

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   • 公言占驗之術固神矣，然如我輩全不知天文，往往夜坐見飛星來往甚多。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     公言占验之术固神矣，然如我辈全不知天文，往往夜坐见飞星来往甚多。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yuan Mei, What the Master Would Not Discuss, 1788 CE

     Gōng yán zhānyàn zhī shù gù shén yǐ, ránrú wǒbèi quán bùzhī tiānwén, wǎngwǎng yè zuò jiàn fēixīng láiwǎng shènduō. [Pinyin]

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