梅西叶星表 méi xī yè xīng biǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

CHARACTERS

梅 méi plums; prunes; surname
西 xī
HSK 1
west(ern); westward, occident
叶 yè
HSK 4
to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf
星 xīng
HSK 1
a star, planet; any point of light
表 biǎo
HSK 2
show, express, manifest, display