| 单词 | kitchen god |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskitchen god kitchen god n. (chiefly in East Asian contexts) any of various gods believed to protect or watch over households; esp. (in Chinese society) (usually with the) the god Zao Shen.In Taoism and Chinese mythology, Zao Shen is believed to report to the celestial gods on every family’s conduct at the end of the twelfth month. [Partly after Chinese Zàoshén, the name of the god ( < zào kitchen + shén god, spirit).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Chinese tian1613 tai chi1736 kitchen god1811 Kuan Yina1832 shen1847 1811 Brit. Critic Oct. 330 [The Tung-quinese (i.e. Northern Vietnamese)] pay homage to the heavens, the earth, the mountains, forests, the wind, and water, and to certain domestic deities, which they call kitchen gods. 1905 East of Asia Mag. 4 355 In the kitchen he worships the tablet of Tsao Shén, the kitchen god. 2014 China Daily (Nexis) 23 Jan. In one of the most distinctive traditions of Spring Festival, a paper image of the Kitchen God is burnt on Little New Year, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. < as lemmas |
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