红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 矮星 ǎi xīng dwarf star 棕矮星 zōng ǎi xīng brown dwarf star 红矮星 紅矮星 hóng ǎi xīng red dwarf star 矮黑人 ǎi hēi rén black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people) 三趾翠鸟 三趾翠鳥 sān zhǐ cuì niǎo (bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) 新星 xīn xīng (astronomy) nova / (fig.) new star / rising star syn 参宿七 參宿七 shēn xiù qī Rigel (star) / lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation 孙悦 孫悅 sūn yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star 蒭藁增二 chú gǎo zēng èr same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 皁 zào black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them 害马 害馬 hài mǎ lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family 乌黑色 烏黑色 wū hēi sè black / crow-black 信号中断 信號中斷 signal black-out / black-out 玄色 xuán sè black (without gloss) / black with a hint of red in it 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn 矮人 ǎi rén dwarf 侏儒 zhū rú dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget syn 矮子 ǎi zi short person / dwarf syn 冥王星 míng wáng xīng Pluto (dwarf planet) 麦冬 麥冬 mài dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM syn 矮化 ǎi huà (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay 倭 wō dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) syn 侏 zhū dwarf 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篠 xiǎo dwarf bamboo 白矮星 bái ǎi xīng white dwarf 矮行星 ǎi xíng xīng dwarf planet 林麝 lín shè Dwarf 侏儒仓鼠 侏儒倉鼠 zhū rú cāng shǔ dwarf hamster 倭人 wō rén dwarf / (old) (derog.) Japanese person 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠 kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) 谷神星 穀神星 gǔ shén xīng Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi 袖珍人 xiù zhēn rén little person / midget / dwarf 诤人 諍人 zhèng rén dwarf in legends 矮杨梅 矮楊梅 ǎi yáng méi dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana) 麦门冬 麥門冬 mài mén dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM syn 明星 míng xīng star / celebrity syn 主演 zhǔ yǎn to play the leading role / to star / lead actor 星级 星級 xīng jí star rating / top-class / highly rated 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star / the stars in the sky syn 星空 xīng kōng starry sky / the star-studded heavens 流星 liú xīng meteor / shooting star / meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2]) syn 狮子 獅子 shī zǐ Leo (star sign) / Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan syn 女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn 巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star / (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) syn 球星 qiú xīng sports star (ball sport) syn 微星 wēi xīng Micro-Star International (MSI), Taiwanese computer hardware company 金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) syn 五星级 五星級 wǔ xīng jí five-star (hotel) syn 新秀 xīn xiù rising star / new talent syn 歌星 gē xīng singing star / famous singer syn 影星 yǐng xīng film star syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (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) syn 双子 雙子 shuāng zǐ Gemini (star sign) 恒星 恆星 héng xīng (fixed) star 双鱼 雙魚 shuāng yú Pisces (star sign) syn 绝地 絕地 jué dì danger spot / Jedi (in Star Wars) syn 男星 nán xīng male star / famous actor 福星 fú xīng mascot / lucky star syn 星球大战 星球大戰 xīng qiú dà zhàn Star Wars 北辰 běi chén Polaris / North Star syn 巨蟹 jù xiè Cancer (star sign) 八角 bā jiǎo anise / star anise / aniseed / octagonal / Fructus Anisi stellati syn 比利 bǐ lì Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star 双星 雙星 shuāng xīng double star syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 白羊 bái yáng Aries (star sign) 米拉 mǐ lā Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti) 五星级酒店 五星級酒店 wǔ xīng jí jiǔ diàn five-star hotel 斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star syn 北极星 北極星 běi jí xīng North Star / Polaris syn 全明星赛 全明星賽 quán míng xīng sài all-star 摩羯 mó jié Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴 海星 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star 织女 織女 zhī nǚ Vega (star) / Weaving girl of folk tales syn 博格 bó gé Borg (name) / Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star 童星 tóng xīng child star 笑星 xiào xīng popular comedian / comic star 五角星 wǔ jiǎo xīng five-pointed star / pentagram 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 吴用 吳用 wú yòng Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1] 星图 星圖 xīng tú star atlas 杨桃 楊桃 yáng táo carambola / star fruit syn 星团 星團 xīng tuán star cluster 陨星 隕星 yǔn xīng meteorite / falling star syn 大料 dà liào Chinese anise / star anise syn 台柱 tái zhù pillar / mainstay / star performer syn 中子星 zhōng zǐ xīng neutron star 变星 變星 biàn xīng variable star 