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