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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

불사도

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bulsado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Immortality-peach/ɪm.ɔːrˈtæl.ə.ti piːtʃ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"동양 신화에서 불사도는 영생을 상징합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A mythical peach from Chinese folklore said to grant eternal life or longevity to those who consume it.

    "In traditional legends, the Queen Mother of the West hosts a grand banquet featuring the immortality-peach."
  2. 2

    A decorative motif in Asian art symbolizing long life, health, and eternal youth.

    "The porcelain vase was intricately painted with symbols of cranes and the immortality-peach."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived as a calque from the Chinese mythological concept of 'xiántáo' (仙桃) or 'pántáo' (蟠桃). It combines 'immortality', originating from Latin 'immortalitas' via Old French, and 'peach', ultimately from Persian via Latin 'persicum', representing a cultural loan-translation in East Asian folklore studies.

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🇫🇷French → English

pêche d'immortalité

Transliteration: pɛʃ d‿i.mɔʁ.ta.li.te

"La légende raconte que la pêche d'immortalité pousse dans le verger des dieux."

🇩🇪German → English

Unsterblichkeitspfirsich

Transliteration: ˈʊnstɛɐ̯blɪçkaɪtsˌp͡fiːɐ̯zɪç

"Der Unsterblichkeitspfirsich ist ein zentrales Motiv in der chinesischen Mythologie."

🇮🇹Italian → English

pesca dell'immortalità

Transliteration: ˈpe.ska del.li.mor.ta.liˈta

"La pesca dell'immortalità dona la vita eterna a chi la mangia."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

melocotón de la inmortalidad

Transliteration: melo.koˈton de la in.mor.ta.liˈdad

"El melocotón de la inmortalidad aparece en muchos cuentos tradicionales orientales."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

pêssego da imortalidade

Transliteration: ˈpɛ.si.gu dɐ i.mɔʁ.ta.liˈda.dʒi

"O pêssego da imortalidade é guardado zelosamente nos jardins celestiais."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

अमरता का आड़ू

Transliteration: amarata ka aadu

"पौराणिक कथाओं में अमरता का आड़ू खाने से व्यक्ति अमर हो जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

蟠桃

Transliteration: pántáo

"孙悟空去王母娘娘的蟠桃园偷吃了蟠桃。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

불사도

Transliteration: bulsado

"동양 신화에서 불사도는 영생을 상징합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

蟠桃

Transliteration: hantō

"西王母の桃園には不老不死の蟠桃がなるといわれています。"

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