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| | meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service; hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unnamed hero | |
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| | Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨 and 陽|阳 are homonyms) | |
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| | (bound form) hero / heroic / outstanding person / prominent / distinguished | |
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| | hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom | |
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| | knight-errant / brave and chivalrous / hero / heroic | |
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| | outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) | |
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| | South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 | |
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| | Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han | |
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| | great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) | |
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| | Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 | |
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| | Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature | |
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| | hero / towering figure | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | hero / strong and courageous person / CL: 條|条 | |
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| | hero / fighter / brave strong guy / warrior (in armor) | |
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| | the Effendi (Nasreddin), the hero of folk tales of the Muslim world, known for his wisdom and humor | |
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| | assemblage of talented individuals / ensemble of heroes | |
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| | great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy | |
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| | solitary hero / maverick | |
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| | Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero | |
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| | Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero) | |
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| | illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son | |
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| | hero / martyr / heroic / valiant / heroic deeds | |
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| | knight / swordsman / noble warrior / chivalrous hero | |
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| | Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" | |
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| | sage hero / refers to Mahatma Gandhi | |
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| | King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle | |
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| | (idiom) chivalrous hero, often one who combats injustice or fights for a noble cause (originally referred to a group of outlaws who assembled in 綠林|绿林) | |
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| | lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero | |
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| | Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person | |
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| | Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin | |
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| | Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国, also known as 晏嬰|晏婴, hero of book 晏子春秋 | |
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| | "The Return of the Condor Heroes" (1959-61 wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸) | |
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| | Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传 | |
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| | solitary hero / maverick | |
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| | to die a hero / martyrdom in a good cause | |
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| | master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine | |
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| | Manas, hero of Kyrghiz epic saga / Manas county and town in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang | |
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| | Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩 | |
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| | Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. | |
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| | heroes | |
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| | good guy (in a story) / hero | |
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| | Oedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles | |
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| | Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero / Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series | |
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| | Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子 , hero of book 晏子春秋 | |
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| | Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia ( 武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | false hero (who pretends to be 李逵); a fake | |
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| | Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传) | |
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| | Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey | |
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| | Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid | |
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| | Nelson or Nillson (name) / Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero | |
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| | Luo Chengjiao (1931-1952), PRC hero of the volunteer army in Korea | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop | |
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| | Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275 | |
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| | Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人 | |
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| | pseudonym of Huang Xing 黃興|黄兴, one of the heroes of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 | |
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| | Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square | |
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| | the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed | |
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| | Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution | |
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| | a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent | |
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| | distinguished gathering / a meeting of heroes | |
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| | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed | |
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| | extraordinary hero with special abilities / martial arts superhero | |
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| | Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movement and father of Aung San Su Kyi 昂山素季 | |
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| | Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders | |
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| | national hero | |
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| | memorial mound / heroes' memorial | |
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| | bold and courageous hero (idiom) | |
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| | If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son | |
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| | the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed | |
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| | lit. heroes usually agree (idiom); Great minds think alike. | |
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| | a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents | |
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| | even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom) | |
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| | Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad | |
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| | Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad | |
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