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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
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
tomato
HSK 5
dividend / to award a bonus
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)
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
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
(bird species of China) red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
red shift (astronomy)
sweet potato
HSK 7-9
Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)
to become popular overnight
to hit the big time
the sun
pink
flushed with anger (or excitement)
HSK 7-9
red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
REDnote (Chinese social networking platform)
to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
HSK 7-9
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:
vermilion
HSK 7-9
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)
Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
Honggang, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市, Heilongjiang
red braised pork
(idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
matchmaker
when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
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)
Internet celebrity; influencer / (attributive) popular on the Internet
femme fatale
red meat
Hongsibao district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市, Ningxia
ruddy / rosy / florid
HSK 7-9
(literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
to turn red (in the face) / to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
red card (sports)
red supergiant (star)
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
red-orange color / dark orange
close female friend / confidante
to blush
Hongshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
ruby
rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex
Little Red Riding Hood
scarlet (color)
red bean paste
an expensive type of oolong tea
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
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)
Internet celebrity
(Interpol) red notice / abbr. for 紅色通緝令|红色通缉令
to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit
bright-colored / garish
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
magenta; fuschia
to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop
infrared (ray)
red phosphorus
brown sugar
to blush / to redden (with shame, indignation etc)
(coll.) to bleed (esp. vaginal bleeding) / to suffer a financial loss
red / rosy / flushed
HSK 7-9
printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color)
whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单 and 黑名單|黑名单
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
(economics) demographic dividend
lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion

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