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money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
HSK 4
red (color) / revolutionary
HSK 2
black tea / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 3
red wine
HSK 3
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
Hong'an, a county in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei
band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
(bird species of China) red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
red shift (astronomy)
sweet potato
HSK 7-9
the sun
red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
HSK 7-9
prosperous
HSK 7-9
red flag / CL:
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
beautiful feminine attire / (fig.) young woman
heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
Honggang, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市, Heilongjiang
red braised pork
matchmaker
traffic light / traffic signal
infrared ray
the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录)
femme fatale
red meat
Hongsibao district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市, Ningxia
ruddy / rosy / florid
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
red card (sports)
red supergiant (star)
close female friend / confidante
Hongshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
ruby
rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex
red bean paste
Hongqi, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市, Henan
red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
chili oil
Red Bull (energy drink)
(bird species of China) common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
(Interpol) red notice / abbr. for 紅色通緝令|红色通缉令
infrared spectrum
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
red-eye flight
pink bollworm / Pectinophora gassypiella
(medicine) erythema
"Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
azuki bean; red bean
the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
rooibos tea
Red Cross
infrared (ray)
red phosphorus
brown sugar
red / rosy / flushed
HSK 7-9
whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单 and 黑名單|黑名单
red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
hot red pepper / chili
home run (loanword) / a big hit (hugely popular) (Tw)
Hongqiao district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Red Sea
(neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海)
chard (Beta vulgaris)
brilliant red
(dialect) sweet potato or yam
beet; beetroot / (dialect) carrot
Hongxing, a district of Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang
red carpet
a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian
tremendously popular for a while
lesser Panda / red panda / firefox
red-light district
red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
erythrocyte / red blood cell
Hongta district of Yuxi city 玉溪市, Yunnan
Hongta district of Yuxi city 玉溪市, Yunnan
the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs
red sorghum
whitelist
(bird species of China) red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
(bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus)
red light
HSK 7-9
red tourism, focused on sites in China associated with the Communist Revolution
(bird species of China) red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
(bird species of China) red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
(bird species of China) Amur falcon (Falco amurensis)
(bird species of China) Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
(bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus)
beetroot
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
copper (chemistry) / see also 銅|铜
(bird species of China) chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies

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