| | (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | HSK 4 |
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| | red (color) / revolutionary | HSK 2 |
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| | money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe | HSK 4 |
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| | red wine | HSK 3 |
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| | the Red Cross | |
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| | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (Chinese chess) horse; knight (on the red side) | |
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| | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored | |
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| | Red Cross | |
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| | (bird species of China) red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) | |
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| | Formosan cypress, aka Taiwan red cedar (Chamaecyparis formosensis) | |
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| | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) | |
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| | red / pellet / powder / cinnabar | |
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| | red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star | |
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| | (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) | |
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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳｜水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple / (botany) anthurium | |
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| | (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) | |
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| | not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong | |
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| | red light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed | |
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| | Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦 | |
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| | Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration | |
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| | Little Red Riding Hood | |
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| | not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong | |
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| | The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song | |
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| | red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate | |
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| | heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye | |
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| | red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards) | |
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| | red autumnal leaves | |
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| | lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers | |
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| | red carpet | |
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| | very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red) | HSK 6 |
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| | red sandalwood | |
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| | rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc | |
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| | red carpet | |
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| | A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels | |
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| | red lotus | |
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| | Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) | |
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| | red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis | |
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| | head-on / red-handed | |
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| | to turn red / to blush / to flush | |
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| | ancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel | |
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| | (financial) deficit / red letter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉｜贾宝玉 | |
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| | Red Sea | |
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| | lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment | |
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| | to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating | |
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| | Red Square (in Moscow) | |
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| | erythrocyte / red blood cell | |
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| | the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安門｜天安门) | |
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| | yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form | |
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| | red brick clay | |
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| | red phosphorus | |
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| | Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵｜薛宝钗 | |
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| | brilliant red | |
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| | red phoenix | |
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| | (derog.) bureaucracy / red tape | |
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| | to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China") | |
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| | red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
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| | scarlet / bright red | |
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| | red shift (astronomy) | |
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| | those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment | |
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| | to turn red in the face (while drinking) / to become smug (when complimented) | |
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| | red tape | |
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| | red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits | |
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| | thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades | |
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| | frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds | |
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| | Red Bull (energy drink) | |
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| | checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / (fig.) barrier; hurdle; red tape / CL: 道 / Taiwan pr. [guan1ka3] | |
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| | red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret | |
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| | printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color) | |
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| | to turn red (in the face) / to flush (with embarrassment or anger) | |
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| | the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs | |
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| | red bean paste | |
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| | to have a deficit; to be in the red / to owe | |
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| | red / scarlet / bare / naked | |
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| | red-blooded / full of vim / impetuous | |
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| | Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 | |
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| | red-light district | |
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| | Sedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant | |
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| | red-light district | |
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| | The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦 | |
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| | bright red | |
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| | red-light district | |
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| | red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers | |
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| | (literary) cruel; ruthless / (literary) dark red; black | |
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| | dark red | |
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| | Boston Red Sox (baseball) team | |
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| | red soil / laterite | |
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| | Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976) | |
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| | ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape | |
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| | lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover | |
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| | red in the face / extremely angry | |
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| | Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone) | |
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| | Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber | |
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| | (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official | |
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