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feng shui / geomancy
HSK 7-9
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  *冯* | 冯* | *冯
surname Feng
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  *酆* | 酆* | *酆
Zhou Dynasty capital / surname Feng
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surname Feng
Feng County or Fengxian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市, Jiangsu
a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋 (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)
Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1624
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surname Feng
Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
another name for 古今小說|古今小说, Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan
the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods
Lei Feng (1940–1962), a soldier celebrated by the Chinese government from 1963 onward as a model of selflessness and devotion to the Communist Party
qi field (in qigong or feng shui) / vibe (of a person or place); aura; atmosphere
Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
(feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves / to confer a beneficial influence
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rainy / place name in Shaanxi / Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水
Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮武|冯武
(feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-intersection), regarded as unfavorable for the occupants of the house
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales published in 1620
Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮竇伯|冯窦伯
(feng shui term) tomb
Feng Deying (1935–2022), author of the 1958 novel Bitter Herbs 苦菜花
geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水 / ley lines
Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水
Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才
The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
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surname Feng
Feng County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi
Bitter Herbs, 1958 novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英, made into a film in 1965
Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1627
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋


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