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  *紅* | 紅* | *紅
red / popular / revolutionary / bonus
HSK 2
red (color) / revolutionary
HSK 2
red wine
HSK 3
money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帥* | 帥* | *帥
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
HSK 4
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
(financial) deficit / red letter
HSK 7-9
red light
HSK 7-9
to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
HSK 7-9
red / rosy / flushed
HSK 7-9
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
red autumnal leaves
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蘇* | 蘇* | *蘇
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration
Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)
Red Sea
red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麖* | 麖* | *麖
red deer
Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝
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  *殷* | 殷* | *殷
dark red
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  *彤* | 彤* | *彤
red
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
azuki bean; red bean
a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赬* | 赬* | *赬
deep red
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
red line
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  *茜* | 茜* | *茜
(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) / (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson
carrot / red radish
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  *雘* | 雘* | *雘
red earth used for paints
red lotus
Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII
heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
red pepper paste / chili sauce
red card (sports)
Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
scarlet / bright red
Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
erythrocyte / red blood cell
color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檀* | 檀* | *檀
sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red
(in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)
jujube / red date
red flag / CL:
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
to turn red / to blush / to flush
erythrocyte / red blood cell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緹* | 緹* | *緹
orange-red silk / orange-red colored
inflamed / red and swollen
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縉* | 縉* | *縉
red silk
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
bright red
to turn red (in the face) / to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
red braised pork
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
to blush / to flush red
to have a deficit; to be in the red / to owe
black (without gloss) / black with a hint of red in it
red phoenix
red soil / laterite
Red Square (in Moscow)
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate
dark red
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丹* | 丹* | *丹
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絳* | 絳* | *絳
purple-red
to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape
Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
bright red
to blush / to turn red
to turn red in the face (while drinking) / to become smug (when complimented)
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds
deep red / crimson / scarlet
"Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori
Red Cross
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
in debt / in the red / in deficit
red ink paste used for seal
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
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
red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
red in the face / extremely angry
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
bloodstone / red-fleck chalcedony / heliotrope (mineralogy)
lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers
(of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
drinking party / to go on a binge / to paint the town red
lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul

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