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Trad. 陸羽
- Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
Trad. 鎩羽
- (literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird
- (literary) (fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated
- Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name
- Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
- levitation (of Daoist immortal)
- to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven
- (in Daoism) to become immortal
- to die
- of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form
- eclosion
Trad. 關羽
- Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
- posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
Trad. 項羽
- Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
Trad. 蓑羽鶴
- (bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
Trad. 鎩羽而歸
- (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
- Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
Trad. 愛惜羽毛
- (idiom) to cherish one's reputation
Trad. 卷羽鵜鶘
- (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Trad. 威鳳一羽
- lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
Trad. 宮商角徵羽
- pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
Trad. 國際羽毛球聯合會
- International Badminton Federation