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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1李鸿章 李鴻章 hóng zhāngLi3 Hong2 zhang1Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
2徐悲鸿 徐悲鴻 bēi hóngXu2 Bei1 hong2Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
3鸿胪寺 鴻臚寺 hóng hong2 lu2 si4(archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol
4鸿鹄 鴻鵠 hóng hong2 hu2swan; person with noble aspirations
5疾忌鸿才 疾忌鴻才 hóng cáiji2 ji4 hong2 cai2to be jealous of great talents (idiom)
6黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 huáng fēi hóngHuang2 Fei1 hong2Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master
7鸿章 鴻章 hóng zhāngHong2 zhang1Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
8鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yànhong2 yan4(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
9鸿图大计 鴻圖大計 hóng hong2 tu2 da4 ji4important large scale project
10鸿图 鴻圖 hóng hong2 tu2variant of 宏图
11鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yànHong2 men2 Yan4Feast at Hongmen; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 刘邦
12张二鸿 張二鴻 zhāng èr hóngZhang1 Er4 hong2Jung Chang 张戎
13鸿毛泰岱 鴻毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dàihong2 mao2 tai4 dai4light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
14哀鸿遍野 哀鴻遍野 āi hóng biàn ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land
15鸿海 鴻海 hóng hǎiHong2 hai3Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
16鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōuhong2 gou1(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu and Han
17鸿福 鴻福 hóng hong2 fu2variant of 洪福
18鸿飞冥冥 鴻飛冥冥 hóng fēi míng mínghong2 fei1 ming2 ming2to run away without leaving any trace behind (idiom)
19鸿 hónghong2eastern bean goose; great; large
20辜鸿铭 辜鴻銘 hóng míngGu1 Hong2 ming2Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
21飞鸿雪爪 飛鴻雪爪 fēi hóng xuě zhuǎfei1 hong2 xue3 zhua3see 雪泥鸿爪
22飞鸿踏雪 飛鴻踏雪 fēi hóng xuěfei1 hong2 ta4 xue3see 雪泥鸿爪
23大鸿胪 大鴻臚 hóng da4 hong2 lu2Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
24崔鸿 崔鴻 cuī hóngCui1 Hong2Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
25博学鸿儒 博學鴻儒 xué hóng bo2 xue2 hong2 ru2a profound scholar (idiom)