高仙芝 gāo xiān zhī

DEFINITIONS

  1. Gao Xianzhi or Go Seonji (c. 702-756), Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] extraction, active in Central Asia

CHARACTERS

高 gāo
HSK 1
high, tall; lofty, elevated
仙 xiān
HSK 6
Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal
芝 zhī sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)