hsien

/shyuhn/US // ʃyʌn //

贤,县,贤哥,贤贤

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural hsien.
- : one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- : a county or district.

To save expense, some make the whole ascent of one hundred and twenty li from Omei-hsien in a day.
Nothing of great importance is known about Fa-Hsien in addition to what may be gathered from his own record of his travels.
Fa-Hsien and the rest, however, through the liberality of Foo Kung-sun, managed to go straight forward in a south-west direction.
Fa-Hsien and the others went forward to the kingdom of Tsze-hoh, which it took them twenty-five days to reach.
Here Fa-Hsien stayed two years, writing out his Sutras, and drawing pictures of images.