沛
Meanings
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- 1.copious
- 2.abundant
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Wiktionary
- 1.abundant; full; copious
- 2.swift; sudden
- 3.marshland
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *poːbs, *pʰoːbs): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 巿 (OC *pub).
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Related words
充沛 abundant; plentiful丰沛 copious沛公 Duke of Pei (i.e. 刘邦[Liú Bāng])沛县 Pei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xú zhōu Shì], Jiangsu颠沛 to fall over; to stumble精力充沛 vigorous阿旺曲沛 Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)流离颠沛 destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means颠沛流离 homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight项庄舞剑，志在沛公 see 項莊舞劍，项庄舞剑，意在沛公[Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōng]项庄舞剑，意在沛公 lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦[Liú Bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鸿门宴[Hóng mén yàn]