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神仙 a fairy;
神仙故事 a fairy tale;
大仙 a genie;
天仙 celestial fairy;
美若天仙 pretty as a fairy (oft. said of bride);
修仙 try to become an immortal by Taoist regimen;
成仙 become an immortal;
八仙 80.80;
仙島 fairy island, fairies’ abode in mountains;
仙鄉，仙界 fairyland;
仙洞 fairies’ cave;
仙府 fairies’ abode;
仙籍 register of names of immortals.
(2) (Oft. used as modifier, in praise of) immortal, celestial talent or heavenly beauty: 仙才 ethereal poet (as 李白);
仙風道骨 (of person) sage-like type;
仙姿 a woman's ethereal beauty;
酒仙 great poetic drinkers;
詩仙 immortal poet.
(3) N. modifier, having to do with Taoist, esoteric magic: 仙術，仙法 fairy magic;
仙方，仙藥 Taoist magic medicine;
仙丹 [xian1dan1]↓;
仙館 where a Taoist recluse lives;
仙去，仙逝，仙遊 pass away and ascend to heaven on a stork;
仙鶴 stork, a particular pet of Taoist.
2.仙禽 [xian1qin2], n., a stork.
3.仙丹 [xian1dan1], n., (1) pill of immortality; (2) (complim.) very excellent medicine.
4.仙方兒 [xian1fang1er0], n., magical prescription, oft. given in temples in prayer to a god.
5.仙姑 [xian1gu1], n., a female immortal: 何仙姑 one of the Eight Immortals.
6.仙公 [xian1gong1], n., court. address for an immortal, also 仙翁, sometimes as fig. of speech for venerable old man.
7.仙鶴腿 [xian1he4tui3], phr., long, slender legs (of a person, like a stork's).
8.仙真 [xian1zhen1], n., an immortal, a Taoist god.
9.仙家 [xian1jia0], n., see [xian1ren2]↓.
10.仙茅 [xian1mao2], n., (bot.) a grass, Curculigo ensifolia, whose root is used as medicine (also called “Brahmin ginseng”婆羅門參).
11.仙女 [xian1nU3], n., a fairy maiden; a very pretty girl.
12.仙人 [xian1ren2], n., a fairy; 仙人拳 a kind of cactus, Cereus multiplex; 仙人擔 a bar with two big stones, used for exercise; 仙人掌 a kind of cactus, Opuntia ficus; 仙人跳 n., a confidence trick, using woman as decoy who then absconds with jewels and money.
13.仙術 [xian1shu4], n., magic formula.
14.仙逝 [xian1shi4], v.i., (euphem.) pass away.
15.仙壇 [xian1tan2], n., altar for use in planchette (扶乩) for invoking spirits.
16.仙桃 [xian1tao2], n., (poet.) peach.
17.仙才 [xian1cai2], n., a genius.
18.仙童 [xian1tong2], n., boy servant of immortals: 仙童玉女 boy and girl servants in fairyland.
19.仙子 [xian1zi3], n., (1) an immortal, genie; (2) pretty woman.
20.仙遊 [xian1you2], v.i., (euphem.) pass away.