Dream in Red Mansions

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Season 1 — Dream in Red Mansions

红楼梦 hónglóumèng

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都察院 都察院 Dū chá yuàn (Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐朝 唐朝 Tángcháo Tang dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
端午 端午 Duān wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
老君 老君 Lǎojūn Laojun (Daoist deity Lao Tzu) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
托福 託福 Tuō fú TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
林黛玉 林黛玉 Lín Dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
老佛爷 老佛爺 Lǎo fó yé title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐宋 唐宋 Táng Sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
淳于 淳于 Chún yú two-character surname Chunyu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李商隐 李商隱 Lǐ Shāng yǐn Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汤显祖 湯顯祖 Tāng Xiǎn zǔ Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
锦屏 錦屏 Jǐn píng Jinping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
贾宝玉 賈寶玉 Jiǎ Bǎo yù 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 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天命 天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣诞 聖誕 Shèng dàn Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刑部 刑部 Xíng bù Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
瑶池 瑤池 Yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs and the Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
翰林 翰林 Hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉高祖 漢高祖 Hàn Gāo zǔ posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神女 神女 Shén nǚ The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
荆轲 荊軻 Jīng Kē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兵部 兵部 Bīng bù Ministry of War (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安康 安康 Ān kāng Ankang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
霜降 霜降 Shuāng jiàng Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西晋 西晉 Xī Jìn Western Jin dynasty (265-316) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金箍棒 金箍棒 jīn gū bàng Golden Hoop Staff Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王母 王母 Wáng mǔ another name for, Queen Mother of the West Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天宫 天宮 Tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
龙王 龍王 Lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫金 紫金 Zǐ jīn Zijin county in Heyuan, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
如来佛 如來佛 Rú lái fó Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 Guān yīn Pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉皇大帝 玉皇大帝 Yù huáng Dà dì Jade Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弯弯 彎彎 Wān wān Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
暖暖 暖暖 Nuǎn nuǎn Nuannuan District of Keelung City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
无量寿 無量壽 Wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes); Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太原 太原 Tài yuán Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
六安 六安 Lù ān Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南华 南華 Nán huá South China; Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滚滚 滾滾 Gǔn gǔn nickname for a panda Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红楼梦 紅樓夢 Hóng lóu Mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin, one of the four great novels Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
桃园 桃園 Táo yuán Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白露 白露 Bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宋江 宋江 Sòng Jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刘邦 劉邦 Liú Bāng Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
端阳节 端陽節 Duān yáng jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
潘安 潘安 Pān Ān Pan Yue (247-300), later known as, prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
邯郸 邯鄲 Hán dān Handan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4