{"path":"/entry/82781","title":"精卫填海 / 精衛填海 (jīng wèi tián hǎi) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"精卫填海 / 精衛填海 (jīng wèi tián hǎi): literally mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) · futile ambition. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":82781,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["精卫填海"],"TRADITIONAL":["精衛填海"]}},"phonetic":"jīng wèi tián hǎi","phoneticKey":"jing1 wei4 tian2 hai3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"futile ambition","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"task of Sisyphus","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"determination in the face of impossible odds","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From The Classic of Mountains and Seas","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"是炎帝之少女，名曰女娃。女娃游于东海，溺而不返。，故为精卫。常衔西山之木石，以堙于东海。","traditional":"是炎帝之少女，名曰女娃。女娃遊于東海，溺而不返。，故為精衛。常銜西山之木石，以堙于東海。"},"phonetic":"Shì Yándì zhī shàonǚ, míng yuē Nǚwá. Nǚwá yóu yú Dōnghǎi, nì ér bù fǎn., gù wéi Jīngwèi. Cháng xián Xīshān zhī mùshí, yǐ yīn yú Dōnghǎi.","english":"She is the younger daughter of the Flame Emperor named Nüwa. Nüwa was swimming in the Eastern Sea when she was unable to return to shore and drowned. She then transformed into the bird Spirit-Guardian and regularly carries twigs and stones from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea.","ref":"The Classic of Mountains and Seas"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}