| | legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology | HSK 4 |
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| | Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology) | |
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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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| | 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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| | (mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means / (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc) | |
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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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| | 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 Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) | |
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| | Fuxi, legendary ruler in Chinese mythology credited with inventing fishing, trapping, and writing | |
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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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| | Pangu (creator of the universe 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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| | 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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| | (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus | |
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| | (Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods | |
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| | Muse (Greek mythology) | |
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| | (mythology) treasure bowl; (fig.) cornucopia; abundant source of wealth or other valuable resources | |
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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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| | Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) | |
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| | Medusa (monster of Greek mythology) | |
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| | Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen | |
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| | Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies | |
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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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| | Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology | |
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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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| | centaur (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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| | 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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| | goat-man / faun of Greek mythology | |
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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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| | 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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| | Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence | |
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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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| | Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology | |
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| | burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) | |
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| | Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) | |
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| | Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology | |
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| | Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Argus / in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail | |
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| | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology) | |
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| | Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) | |
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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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| | Diana (goddess in Roman mythology) | |
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| | Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology | |
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| | Heracles (Greek mythology) / Hercules (Roman mythology) | |
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| | Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology | |
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| | Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) | |
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| | Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Dragon King (mythology) | |
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| | Hestia (goddess of Greek mythology) | |
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| | pastoral deity; shepherd god (esp. Pan in Greek mythology) | |
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| | the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God | |
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| | Adonis, figure in Greek mythology | |
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| | Poseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology | |
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| | Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology (sometimes used allusively, as in 毀於祝融|毁于祝融 "destroyed by fire") | |
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| | mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12 | |
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| | Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology | |
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| | Hecate (goddess 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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| | Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology | |
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| | Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history | |
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| | Muzha, a figure in Chinese mythology | |
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| | Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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| | Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology) | |
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| | Freyr (god in Norse mythology) | |
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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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| | the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell | |
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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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| | giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings | |
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| | firebird (mythology) | |
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| | Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology | |
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| | a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey | |
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| | Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology | |
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| | Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology / Atlas Mountains in North Africa | |
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| | Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
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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 / see 蓬萊區|蓬莱区 | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) qilin / (old) giraffe | |
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| | Odin (god in Norse mythology) | |
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| | Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of 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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| | one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui | |
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| | chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu 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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| | three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o | |
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| | Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) creature that lives underwater and spits sand to make people ill | |
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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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| | Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods | |
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| | Cronus (Titan 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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