xà mâu
Vietnamese
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editEtymology 1
editSino-Vietnamese word from 蛇矛.
Noun
edit- (archaic, historical romance) snake lance, a kind of long lance
- 14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính
- Trương Phi đánh một ngọn xà mâu dài một trượng tám thước.
- For Zhang Fei, a one-zhang-eight-chi-long snake lance was forged.
- 14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính