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Usage of the character 霓

[霓]
  • secondary rainbow
[蜺]
  • Japanese cicada
  • old variant of 霓 (ní)
Nícháng
霓裳
[霓裳]
  • Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲 ( Níchángyǔyīqū) or 霓裳羽衣舞 ( Níchángyǔyīwǔ)
nícháng
霓裳
[霓裳]
  • nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙 ( Bāxiān)
níhóng
霓虹
[霓虹]
  • (loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹燈/霓虹灯 (níhóngdēng))
  • (literary) rainbow
Níhóngguó
霓虹国
[霓虹國]
  • (slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon")
níhóngdēng
霓虹灯
[霓虹燈]
  • (loanword) neon lights
dàhànwàngyúnní
大旱望云霓
[大旱望雲霓]
  • lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  • fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation
dàhànzhīwàngyúnní
大旱之望云霓
[大旱之望雲霓]
  • see 大旱望雲霓/大旱望云霓 (dàhànwàngyúnní)