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  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
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  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
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yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic
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north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
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golden yellow; golden
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  *熉* | 熉* | *熉
(yellow color)
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method
Yellow River or Huang He
Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄
yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
yellow quartz / topaz
light yellow
glistening yellow; golden
Shaoxing yellow wine
(sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell
Yellow Sea
macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot
the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
Yellow Sea (Korean term)
name or river God associated with Yellow river
yellow croaker (fish)
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
yellow-green
Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea
large river (esp the Yellow River)
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
orange yellow / tangerine yellow / chrome yellow
sallow / yellow and withered / sickly
lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet
greenish yellow / sallow (of complexion)
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱
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  *鱔* | 鱔* | *鱔
Chinese yellow eel
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
the yellow race; the Mongoloid race
yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted)
Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852
Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor / Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
land west of the Yellow river / Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces
yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
yellow fever
(archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江, Yellow 黃河|黄河, Huai 淮河, Ji 濟水|济水) / (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
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  *緗* | 緗* | *緗
light yellow color
Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
Yangtze and Yellow rivers
Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江
refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
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  *亃* | 亃* | *亃
mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *峁* | 峁* | *峁
round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
to visit the Yellow Springs / to die
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斢* | 斢* | *斢
yellow (archaic)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黈* | 黈* | *黈
a yellow color
Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
Liugong island in the Yellow sea
yellow green
Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia
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  *荇* | 荇* | *荇
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
Yellow Pages
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
yellow dye made from the bark of the tree
greenish yellow / sallow (pale or yellow complexion) / variant of 倉皇|仓皇
white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄
the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm / the world is at peace (idiom)
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
yellow face (due to sickness etc) / yellow-skinned people
abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
yellow green
yellow gum / xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener)

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