| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | six / 6 | HSK 1 |
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| | numeral 6 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子｜苏州码子 | |
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| | Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games | |
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| | pomegranate | |
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| | Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu | |
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| | Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer | |
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| | Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet | |
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| | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade | HSK 2 |
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| | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動｜古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇｜三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏｜曾巩 | |
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| | same as 舊唐書｜旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls | |
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| | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution | |
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| | A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶｜刘义庆 | |
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| | Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer | |
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| | Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 | |
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| | Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲｜赵云, Ma Chao 馬超｜马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠｜黄忠 | |
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| | surname Liu | |
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| | (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter | |
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| | Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist | |
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| | Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet | |
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| | used in 碌碡 / Taiwan pr. [lu4] | |
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| | Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine | |
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| | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 | |
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| | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings | |
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| | Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2] | |
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| | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动 and neoclassical 復古｜复古 movements | |
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| | Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama | |
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| | surname Liu | |
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| | willow | |
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| | Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉｜后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書｜旧唐书 | |
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| | Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭｜刘奭, (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC | |
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| | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖｜汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) | |
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| | Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基｜刘基 | |
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| | to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve | HSK 2 |
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| | Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫｜刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius | |
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| | Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer | |
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| | six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢｜蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty | |
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| | Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝｜汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer | |
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| | Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent | |
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| | Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋｜刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝 | |
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| | story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties | |
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| | to stroll / to walk (an animal) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Huang Fugui, ghost of legends who provided Liu Juanzi with his magical recipes 劉涓子鬼遺方｜刘涓子鬼遗方 | |
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| | Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名｜释名 | |
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| | Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 | |
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| | calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan | |
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| | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent | |
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| | Liu Biao (142-208), warlord | |
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| | Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕｜刘裕, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋｜刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422 | |
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| | Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher | |
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| | clear / deep (of water) / swift | |
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| | lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb | |
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| | Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉｜西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢｜成汉 (304–347) | |
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| | Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章｜零八宪章, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 | |
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| | Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions | |
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| | precious stone | |
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| | Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争 | |
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| | to stroll / walk a horse | |
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| | Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed after being convicted of embezzlement | |
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| | Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author | |
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| | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 | |
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| | dripping of rain from eaves | |
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| | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012) | |
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| | Liu Qing (1916-1978), writer | |
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| | The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚｜刘鹗 | |
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| | bay horse with black mane | |
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| | Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞 and Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC | |
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| | posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC | |
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| | Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英｜项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變｜皖南事变 | |
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| | Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語｜世说新语 | |
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| | Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争 / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1] | |
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| | to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) | |
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| | lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書｜汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. | |
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| | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing / also known as Liu Song 劉宋｜刘宋 | |
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| | Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor | |
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| | lovely / beautiful | |
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| | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同｜谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀｜杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第｜刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁｜康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳｜杨锐 | |
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| | History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋 or Liu Song 劉宋｜刘宋, sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Shen Yue 沈約｜沈约 in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 100 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋史) | |
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| | (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫｜刘禹锡) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes | |
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| | Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動｜新文化运动 after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 of 1911 | |
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| | quick-fry / sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added / also written 溜 | |
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| | (literary) lustrous precious stone | |
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| | creel / fish basket | |
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| | A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪｜刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person | |
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| | Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記｜老残游记 | |
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| | the sound of the wind / to soar | |
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| | Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist | |
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| | Liu Guijin (1945–), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001–2007 | |
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