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封神演义

Fēng shén Yǎn yìdictionary entry
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Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhōu Wǔ wáng] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
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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.

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Original source entry:

封神演義 封神演义 [Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] /Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc/

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Other forms in these source records: 封神演義

  • 封
    fēng

    to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

    Fēng

    surname Feng

  • 神
    shén

    god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing

  • 演
    yǎn

    to perform (a play etc) / to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop / to play out / to carry out (a task)

  • 义
    yì

    justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

    Yì

    surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yì dà lì])

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