Chinese English Dictionary Online

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  • secondary rainbow
Trad. 蜺
  • Japanese cicada
  • old variant of 霓[ni2]
  • (loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹燈|霓虹灯[ni2 hong2 deng1])
  • (literary) rainbow
  • Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 qu1] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 wu3]
  • nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
Trad. 霓虹國
  • (slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon")
Trad. 大旱望雲霓
  • lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  • fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation

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