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butterfly (literary word)
A literary, classical-sounding word for butterfly, used in poetry, classical allusions, and set phrases rather than everyday speech.
A classical, literary word for butterfly, encountered mainly in poetry and set phrases rather than daily conversation.
Common expressions
- 胡蝶の夢: "Zhuangzi's butterfly dream" — the famous parable about not knowing whether one is a man who dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly now dreaming of being a man, used to question the line between reality and dream