蟾宮折桂
/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•to pass the imperial examination
Etimoloji
The phrase alludes to several Chinese legends: one that credited the phases of the moon to a great osmanthus tree (桂 (guì)) growing and shedding its leaves and blossoms each month; another granting the immortal Chang'e an enormous mansion on the moon (月宮／月宫 (yuègōng)), whose grounds included the tree; another (older than the Chang'e stories) seeing a pareidolic toad in the shadows of the moon and…