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Longevity Peach

/lɒnˈdʒɛv.ɪ.ti piːtʃ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15400 frequency
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  1. 1

    A traditional Chinese steamed bun shaped and colored to resemble a peach, filled with lotus seed paste or red bean paste, traditionally served at birthday celebrations for elderly people to wish them long life.

    "The family served a large longevity peach to celebrate the grandmother's ninetieth birthday."
  2. 2

    In Chinese folklore and iconography, the mythical fruit granting immortality that grows in the orchard of the immortals.

    "In classical literature, the Monkey King sneaks into the celestial garden to steal the immortal longevity peach."
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Derived from the traditional Chinese cultural concept of 'shoutao' (壽桃), where peaches symbolize immortality and long life in Chinese mythology. The English compound integrates 'longevity' from Latin longus (long) and aevum (age), combined with 'peach', a fruit historically associated with the mythological peaches of the Queen Mother of the West.

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