诗话 詩話 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties 霸道总裁 霸道總裁 bà dào zǒng cái handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status) 志怪小说 志怪小說 zhì guài xiǎo shuō tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction) 警匪 jǐng fěi police and criminals / (genre of fiction) crime 橘味 jú wèi tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) 架空历史 架空歷史 jià kōng lì shǐ alternate history / counterfactual history (genre of fiction) 闲暇 閒暇 xián xiá leisure syn 现下 現下 xiàn xià now / at this moment syn 閒暇 xián xià leisure 线下 線下 xiàn xià offline / below the line 小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn 言情小说 言情小說 yán qíng xiǎo shuō romance novel / romantic fiction 科幻 kē huàn science fiction / abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3] 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn 奇幻 qí huàn fantasy (fiction) syn 同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn 嘻哈 xī hā hip-hop (music genre) (loanword) 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn 科幻小说 科幻小說 kē huàn xiǎo shuō science fiction novel 评书 評書 píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction syn 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn 体裁 體裁 tǐ cái genre / style / form of writing syn 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 二人转 二人轉 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China 奥特曼 奧特曼 ào tè màn Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero 貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] 黑店 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 科幻电影 科幻電影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie 杂感 雜感 zá gǎn random thoughts (a literary genre) 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer 顺风耳 順風耳 shùn fēng ěr sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction) / fig. a well-informed person 托尔金 托爾金 tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒 诗体 詩體 shī tǐ poetic form or genre 山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry 纪传体 紀傳體 jì zhuàn tǐ history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian 辞 辭 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn 虾兵蟹将 蝦兵蟹將 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) syn 蹿房越脊 躥房越脊 cuān fáng yuè jǐ lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom) / dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction) 锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn 虚构小说 虛構小說 xū gòu xiǎo shuō fiction 电音 電音 diàn yīn electronic music (genre) 郭敬明 guō jìng míng Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol 浩室 hào shì house (music genre) (loanword) 荆轲 荊軻 jīng kē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) 印度音乐 印度音樂 yìn dù yīn yuè Bhangra, Indian music (music genre) 假戏真唱 假戲真唱 jiǎ xì zhēn chàng fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality 嫪毐 lào ǎi Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao 尚方剑 尚方劍 shàng fāng jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 李朝威 lǐ cháo wēi Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传 柳毅传 柳毅傳 liǔ yì zhuàn story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties 杨家将 楊家將 yáng jiā jiàng Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors 正太控 zhèng tài kòng shotacon (Japanese loanword) / manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner 科学幻想 科學幻想 kē xué huàn xiǎng science fiction 科技惊悚 科技驚悚 kē jì jīng sǒng techno-thriller (novel) / science fiction thriller 罗懋登 羅懋登 luó mào dēng Luo Maodeng (16th century), Ming author of operas and popular fiction 莲花落 蓮花落 lián huā lào genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers syn 萝莉控 蘿莉控 luó lì kòng lolicon or rorikon (Japanese loanword) / manga or anime genre depicting young girls in an erotic manner 跳井 tiào jǐng to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction) 通俗小说 通俗小說 tōng sú xiǎo shuō popular fiction / light literature 量子沫 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction) 开黑店 開黑店 kāi hēi diàn lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. to carry out a scam / to run a protection racket / daylight robbery 非小说 非小說 fēi xiǎo shuō non-fiction 体式 體式 tǐ shì (of characters) form / style (cursive, printed etc) / (of a literary work) form / style / genre 演歌 yǎn gē enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads) 纯爱 純愛 chún ài pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media) 古体诗 古體詩 gǔ tǐ shī a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line syn 儒勒・凡尔纳 儒勒・凡爾納 rú lè · fán ěr nà Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球 惊栗 驚慄 jīng lì horror (genre) / to tremble in fear 二人台 二人臺 èr rén tái genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia 后摇 後搖 hòu yáo post-rock (music genre) 后摇滚 後搖滾 hòu yáo gǔn post-rock (music genre) 瞪鞋摇滚 瞪鞋搖滾 dèng xié yáo gǔn shoegaze (music genre) 自由爵士乐 自由爵士樂 zì yóu jué shì yuè free jazz (music genre) 出神音乐 出神音樂 chū shén yīn yuè trance (music genre) 小小说 小小說 xiǎo xiǎo shuō flash fiction 微型小说 微型小說 wēi xíng xiǎo shuō flash fiction 极短篇小说 極短篇小說 jí duǎn piān xiǎo shuō flash fiction 儒勒·凡尔纳 儒勒·凡爾納 rú lè · fán ěr nà Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories CP C P an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling") 时代曲 時代曲 shí dài qǔ shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz 青绿山水 青綠山水 qīng lǜ shān shuǐ blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate) 吃播 chī bō mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience 家传 家傳 jiā zhuàn family history (as a literary genre) syn 近体诗 近體詩 jìn tǐ shī a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form 稗官 bài guān (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer / novelist 玄幻 xuán huàn xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction) 耽美 dān měi (slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature) 鼓打贝斯 鼓打貝斯 gǔ dǎ bèi sī drum and bass (music genre) 