精衛

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See also: 精衞 and 精卫

Chinese

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energy; perfect; excellent
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
to guard; to protect; to defend
to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
 
trad. (精衛/精衞) /
simp. (精卫)

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精衛

  1. (Chinese mythology) Jingwei (the daughter of the emperor Yandi who drowned at a young age in the East Sea and assumed the shape of a bird in order to exact revenge upon the sea by filling it up with pebbles)

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Noun

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精衛

  1. Short for 精神衛生精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng, “mental health”).
  2. Short for 精神衛生中心精神卫生中心 (jīngshén wèishēng zhōngxīn).