| | legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology | HSK 4 |
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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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| | 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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| | Medusa (monster of Greek mythology) | |
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| | East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) | |
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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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| | (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus | |
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| | Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
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| | surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) qilin / (old) giraffe | |
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| | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) | |
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| | Dragon King (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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| | Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology | |
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| | the Eight Immortals (Daoist 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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| | Prometheus, a Titan god of fire 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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| | the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God | |
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| | Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Poseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology | |
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| | Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology | |
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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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| | Heracles (Greek mythology) / Hercules (Roman mythology) | |
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| | Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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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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| | capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American 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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| | Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology) | |
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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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| | 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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| | Adonis, figure in Greek mythology | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) creature that lives underwater and spits sand to make people ill | |
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| | Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies | |
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| | firebird (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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| | Muse (Greek mythology) | |
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| | Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology | |
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| | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (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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| | Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology | |
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| | a faun; (esp.) Pan, son of Hermes in Greek mythology | |
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| | Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology | |
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| | Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) | |
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| | Freyr (god in Norse mythology) | |
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| | Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology | |
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| | Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen | |
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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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| | Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence | |
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| | Odin (god in Norse mythology) | |
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| | goat-man / faun of Greek mythology | |
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| | centaur (mythology) | |
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| | Muzha, a figure in Chinese mythology | |
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| | treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine | |
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| | mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12 | |
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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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| | underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology | |
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| | Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | Rhea (Titaness 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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| | Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian 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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| | Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history | |
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| | Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) | |
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| | Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods | |
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| | Cronus (Titan of Greek mythology) | |
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| | Hecate (goddess of Greek mythology) | |
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| | a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey | |
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| | Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese 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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| | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology) / Atlas mountains of north Africa | |
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| | Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology) | |
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| | Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology | |
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| | Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology | |
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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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| | Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology | |
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| | faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology | |
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| | Hestia (goddess of Greek mythology) | |
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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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| | chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology) | |
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| | Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology | |
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| | Argus / in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail | |
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