喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite syn 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 偏爱 偏愛 piān ài to be partial towards sth / to favor / to prefer / preference / favorite syn 口头禅 口頭禪 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase syn 宠儿 寵兒 chǒng ér pet / favorite / darling syn 畅所欲言 暢所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content syn 西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn 红人 紅人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian syn 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 小老婆 xiǎo lǎo pó concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman syn 二房 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine syn 妃子 fēi zi imperial concubine syn 贵妃 貴妃 guì fēi senior concubine / imperial consort syn 得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite / favor syn 冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor 嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine syn 纳妾 納妾 nà qiè to take a concubine syn 偏房 piān fáng side room / concubine syn 最喜爱 最喜愛 zuì xǐ ài favorite 新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc) 眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) syn 妖姬 yāo jī (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine) 八达岭 八達嶺 bā dá lǐng Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 收房 shōu fáng to take as a concubine 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] 妲己 dá jǐ Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1] 恩宠 恩寵 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler / Emperor's generosity towards a favorite 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt / father's concubine (old) syn 宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old) 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine syn 妃嫔 妃嬪 fēi pín imperial concubine 妃子笑 fēi zi xiào concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 褒姒 bāo sì Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhou1 You1 wang2] and one of the famous Chinese beauties 庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine 孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son 姬 jī woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) syn 妃 fēi imperial concubine syn 孽 niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil syn 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 弄臣 nòng chén emperor's favorite courtier 姘妇 姘婦 pīn fù mistress / concubine / kept woman syn 嫡 dí (bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4]) syn 东坡肉 東坡肉 dōng pō ròu stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 嫔 嬪 pín imperial concubine 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 嬖 bì (treat as a) favorite syn 媵 yìng maid escorting bride to new home / concubine 得意门生 得意門生 dé yì mén shēng favorite pupil syn 侧室 側室 cè shì sideroom / concubine syn 霸王别姬 霸王別姬 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige) 婕妤 jié yú second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress) 可望取胜者 可望取勝者 kě wàng qǔ shèng zhě favorite (to win a race or championship) / well-placed contestant 张易之 張易之 zhāng yì zhī Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] 心里美萝卜 心裡美蘿蔔 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable 捧角 pěng jué to applaud and praise a favorite actor 李娃传 李娃傳 lǐ wá zhuàn Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot 眼珠儿 眼珠兒 yǎn zhū r eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) 花边人物 花邊人物 huā biān rén wù person who is often the subject of gossip or sensational news / tabloid favorite / clickbait star 阿芙乐尔号 阿芙樂爾號 ā fú lè ěr hào Russian cruiser Aurora, firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography 磕糖 kē táng (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate / to lap it up when one sees a couple whom one ships kissing or cuddling 心头好 心頭好 xīn tóu hǎo favorite / something preferred over others 庶室 shù shì concubine 嬬 xū mistress, concubine / weak 侍妾 shì qiè concubine 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine 姫 jī Japanese variant of 姬 / princess / imperial concubine 姬妾 jī qiè concubine 媵侍 yìng shì concubine (old) 宠擅专房 寵擅專房 chǒng shàn zhuān fáng an especially favored concubine (idiom) 簉 zào deputy / subordinate / concubine 簉室 zào shì concubine 骊姬之乱 驪姬之亂 lí jī zhī luàn Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1] 庶出 shù chū born of a concubine (rather than of the wife) 小太太 xiǎo tài tai concubine / mistress 副室 fù shì concubine (old) 宠妾 寵妾 chǒng qiè favored concubine 纳宠 納寵 nà chǒng to take a concubine 细姨 細姨 xì yí concubine 讨小 討小 tǎo xiǎo (coll.) to take a concubine 宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife 掖庭 yē tíng palace residence of concubine / palace office 临幸 臨幸 lín xìng to go in person (of emperor) / to copulate with a concubine (of emperor) 齐人之福 齊人之福 qí rén zhī fú lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom) / fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners / the life of a pasha 小女人 xiǎo nǚ rén dainty and delicate girl / concubine 如夫人 rú fū ren (old) concubine 支子 zhī zǐ son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first 嫡出 dí chū born of the wife (i.e. not of a concubine) 嫡母 dí mǔ father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine) 庶妻 shù qī concubine 妾室 qiè shì concubine 小妈 小媽 xiǎo mā father's concubine / (coll.) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother) 