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hsien

[ shyuhn ]

noun

, plural hsien.
  1. (in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
  2. (in China) a county or district.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hsien1

First recorded in 1965–70; from Chinese (Wade-Giles) hsien1, (Pinyin) xiān “hermit, wizard”
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Example Sentences

To save expense, some make the whole ascent of one hundred and twenty li from Omei-hsien in a day.

Nothing of great importance is known about Fa-Hsien in addition to what may be gathered from his own record of his travels.

Fa-Hsien and the rest, however, through the liberality of Foo Kung-sun, managed to go straight forward in a south-west direction.

Fa-Hsien and the others went forward to the kingdom of Tsze-hoh, which it took them twenty-five days to reach.

Here Fa-Hsien stayed two years, writing out his Sutras, and drawing pictures of images.

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