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| | the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland | |
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| | one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui | |
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| | the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) | |
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| | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | |
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| | East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) | |
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| | Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc | |
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| | (Indian mythology) battlefield where Asuras 修羅｜修罗 fought the gods; (fig.) a scene of cruelty and carnage; (slang) emotionally charged confrontation (esp. one involving a love triangle) | |
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| | Argus / in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail | |
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| | Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) | |
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| | King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology | |
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| | Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | |
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| | the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God | |
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| | Dragon King (mythology) | |
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| | South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山 / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace | |
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| | Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology | |
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| | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused; chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded | |
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| | Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology | |
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| | Medusa (monster of Greek mythology) | |
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| | underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology | |
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| | Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology) | |
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| | Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology | |
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| | Muzha, a figure in Chinese mythology | |
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| | (archaic) lion / (Chinese mythology) creature said to be the cross of a lion and a dragon | |
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| | Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies | |
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| | Muse (Greek mythology) | |
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| | centaur (mythology) | |
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| | three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o | |
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| | Cronus (Titan of Greek mythology) | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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| | Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) | |
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| | Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology | |
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| | Odin (god in Norse mythology) | |
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| | nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆｜张春帆 | |
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| | Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山｜长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology | |
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| | Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山｜白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology | |
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| | Poseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology | |
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| | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history | |
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| | a faun; (esp.) Pan, son of Hermes in Greek mythology | |
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| | Adonis, figure in Greek mythology | |
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| | the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell | |
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| | Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence | |
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| | Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology | |
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| | Freyr (god in Norse mythology) | |
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| | giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings | |
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| | Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology | |
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| | (Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods | |
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| | Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine | |
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| | Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology | |
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| | Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology | |
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| | Hecate (goddess of Greek mythology) | |
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| | Hestia (goddess of Greek mythology) | |
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| | Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology / Atlas Mountains in North Africa | |
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| | Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
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| | three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o | |
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| | Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology) | |
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| | (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus | |
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| | treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine | |
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| | Heracles (Greek mythology) / Hercules (Roman mythology) | |
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| | Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) | |
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| | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) | |
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| | burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) | |
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| | Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology | |
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| | Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods | |
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| | chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology) | |
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| | firebird (mythology) | |
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| | Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology | |
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| | capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology) | |
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| | Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) creature that lives underwater and spits sand to make people ill | |
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| | surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes | |
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| | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology) | |
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| | Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology | |
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| | goat-man / faun of Greek mythology | |
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| | toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon | |
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| | Diana (goddess in Roman mythology) | |
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| | Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) qilin / (old) giraffe | |
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| | Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝｜黄帝 | |
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| | Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology | |
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| | faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology | |
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| | Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology / Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leader of Red Army Faction, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof group | |
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| | mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12 | |
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| | (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous; exerting great force | |
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| | Rhea (Titaness of Greek mythology) | |
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| | Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) | |
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| | a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey | |
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| | Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen | |
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