贔ひ屓き

noun

bixi; dragon-turtle creature

A mythological Chinese creature with a dragon's head and a turtle's shell, often depicted carrying a heavy stone tablet. The reading びし is less common.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの寺じ院いんで、石せき碑ひを背せ負おった贔ひ屓きの像ぞうを見みた。

  At a Chinese temple, I saw a statue of a bixi carrying a stone monument on its back.

• 贔ひ屓きは龍りゅうの頭あたまと亀かめの甲こう羅らを持もつとされる。

  The bixi is said to have a dragon's head and a turtle's shell.