Etymology

xianxia

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Today it means: A genre of East Asian fiction similar to wuxia but with more mythological elements. Full definition →

Mandarin 仙俠 /仙侠
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from仙俠 /仙侠“sage hero”
  2. English todayxianxia

From Mandarin 仙俠 /仙侠 (xiānxiá, “sage hero”).

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