chinese deity
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1. a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | deity, divinity, god, immortal, |
| definition | : | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | wen ch'ang, wen-ti, |
| definition | : | Chinese god of literature (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | taoist trinity, |
| definition | : | the three pure ones; the three chief gods of Taoism (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | shen-pao, spiritual jewel, |
| definition | : | a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | kuan yin, kwan-yin, |
| definition | : | (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | antiquity, |
| definition | : | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe (noun.time) |
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