羽 化

yǔ huàdictionary entry

levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion

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Original source entry:

羽化 羽化 [yu3 hua4] /levitation (of Daoist immortal)/to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven/(in Daoism) to become immortal/to die/of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form/eclosion/

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羽
yǔ
feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
化
huā
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huà
to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[huà xué]

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