four divinities/four divine emperors/four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namelythe phoenix 鳳and凤feng⁴, turtle龜and龟gui¹, dragon龍and龙long²and Chinese unicorn 麒麟qi²lin²/also 四象si⁴xiang⁴, thefour division ofthesky
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Pronunciations
四
靈
As word
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si4
four divinities/four divine emperors/four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤 [feng4], turtle 龜|龟 [gui1], dragon 龍|龙 [long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟 [qi2 lin2]/also 四象 [si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
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ling2
four divinities/four divine emperors/four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤 [feng4], turtle 龜|龟 [gui1], dragon 龍|龙 [long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟 [qi2 lin2]/also 四象 [si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky