phoenix
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
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(figuratively)Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
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(Chinese)(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
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(historical)A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
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(obsolete)A marvelous person or thing.
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(alt of)Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(Australia)To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
Nguồn gốc từ
From Old English - and Old French fenix, from phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ, from bnw (grey heron). Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.