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槲寄生

hú jì shēng

3-character word

What 槲寄生 means

1. mistletoe

The characters in 槲寄生

• 槲húMongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树
• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 在北方的原始部落中，也存在着一种更野蛮的庆祝形式：他们点燃巨大的木柴，以纪念奥丁和托尔，并向祂们献祭人和牲畜。德鲁伊王子随后用金色镰刀从神圣的橡树上割下槲寄生。
  A more barbarous form of these rejoicings took place among the rude peoples of the north where great blocks of wood blazed in honor of Odin and Thor, and sacrifices of men and cattle were made to them. Mistletoe was cut then from the sacred oaks with a golden sickle by the Prince of the Druids.