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仙女座大星云

Xiān nǚ zuò dà xīng yúndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-02942b0c38530cdc. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

仙女座大星雲 仙女座大星云 [Xian1 nu:3 zuo4 da4 xing1 yun2] /great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31/

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Other forms in these source records: 仙女座大星雲

  • 仙
    xiān

    immortal

  • 女
    nǚ

    female / woman / daughter

    rǔ

    See the full entry for source details.

  • 座
    zuò

    seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shī zuò]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 星
    xīng

    star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount

  • 云
    yún

    (classical) to say / cloud / CL:朵[duǒ]

    Yún

    surname Yun / short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yún nán]

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