| 定海神针 |
dìng hǎi shén zhēn |
another name for 金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel / (fig.) stabilizing force |
| 定 |
dìng |
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely |
| 定海 |
Dìng hǎi |
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang / Qing dynasty name of 舟山市 |
| 海 |
Hǎi |
surname Hai |
| 海 |
hǎi |
ocean / sea / CL:个,片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous |
| 海神 |
hǎi shén |
Emperor of the Sea / Neptune |
| 神 |
Shén |
God |
| 神 |
shén |
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing |
| 针 |
zhēn |
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根,支 |
| 针 |
zhēn |
variant of 针, needle |