(old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
shining metal/(old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)/milling/golden bow/cast iron/a miller/a mill
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
(telegraphy) the sixteenth day of a month
character, obsolete
the most lustrous metal; lustrous metal; shining metal
character, obsolete
cast iron
character
a surname
character, obsolete
bow decorated with gold on both ends
character, obsolete
sharp corners on both sides of an ancient bell
character, obsolete
small chisel
character
to mill
Definitions (Unihan)
mill
Cangjie Input - Traditional
CHGU
Cangjie Input - Simplified
XCHGU
銑 [铣]
Jyutping Pinyin
xǐ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to mill (machining)
Taiwan pr. [xian3]
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
打着“正本清源”的旗号,深得当地老百姓的支持,南方州郡也纷纷望风归附,很快萧铣的实力与北方的李渊不相上下。
打着“正本清源”的旗號,深得當地老百姓的支持,南方州郡也紛紛望風歸附,很快蕭銑的實力與北方的李淵不相上下。
dǎ zhe “ zhèng běn qīng yuán ” de qí hào , shēn dé dāng dì lǎo bǎi xìng de zhī chí , nán fāng zhōu jùn yě fēn fēn wàng fēng guī fù , hěn kuài xiāo xiǎn de shí lì yǔ běi fāng de lǐ yuān bù xiàng shàng xià .
Under the banner of "Thoroughly investigate the true sources of major issues and problems", he won the support of the local people, and even the southern provinces and commanderies were motivated by his leadership to switch their allegiance to him. Xiao Xian's power soon came to rival the North's Li Yuan.