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"folk tale" Chinese-English Dictionary

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传说 傳說 chuán shuō legend / folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that... syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale
神话 神話 shén huà legend / fairy tale / myth / mythology
咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn
民谣 民謠 mín yáo ballad / folk song syn
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn
乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn
罗宾汉 羅賓漢 luó bīn hàn Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn
段子 duàn zi item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) / sketch syn
民歌 mín gē folk song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] syn
渔民 漁民 yú mín fisherman / fisher folk syn
高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
剪纸 剪紙 jiǎn zhǐ papercutting (Chinese folk art) / to make paper cutouts
凡夫俗子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk syn
灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
偏方 piān fāng folk remedy / home remedy syn
奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn
民乐 民樂 mín yuè folk music, esp. for traditional instruments syn
鱼龙混杂 魚龍混雜 yú lóng hùn zá lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) / fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk syn
说书 說書 shuō shū folk art consisting of storytelling to music syn
山歌 shān gē folk song / mountain song
土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn
月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) syn
三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn
采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn
民间艺术 民間藝術 mín jiān yì shù folk art
织女 織女 zhī nǚ Vega (star) / Weaving girl of folk tales syn
花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:首[shou3] syn
评书 評書 píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction syn
阿凡提 ā fán tí the Effendi (Nasreddin), the hero of folk tales of the Muslim world, known for his wisdom and humor
童话故事 童話故事 tóng huà gù shì fairy tale
曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater
小曲 xiǎo qǔ popular song / folk tune / ballad syn
白蛇传 白蛇傳 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake
民间传说 民間傳說 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition / folk legend
秦腔 qín qiāng Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera syn
秧歌 yāng ge Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
民间故事 民間故事 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale
花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
话本 話本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
腰鼓 yāo gǔ waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)
桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person
告密者 gào mì zhě tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass
民间舞 民間舞 mín jiān wǔ folk dance
讴 謳 ōu to sing / ballad / folk song syn
双城记 雙城記 shuāng chéng jì A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 查爾斯·狄更斯|查尔斯·狄更斯[Cha2 er3 si1 · Di2 geng1 si1]
李舜臣 lǐ shùn chén Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
民谚 民諺 mín yàn folk saying / proverb
牵牛星 牽牛星 qiān niú xīng Altair (star) / Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 syn
数来宝 數來寶 shǔ lái bǎo folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm
繇 yáo folk-song / forced labor syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
游艺会 遊藝會 yóu yì huì folk festival / fair / carnival
牛郎织女 牛郎織女 niú láng zhī nǚ Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story) / separated lovers / Altair and Vega (stars)
五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
下里巴人 xià lǐ bā rén folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms) syn
孟姜女 mèng jiāng nǚ heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
阿里郎 ā lǐ láng Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
地牛翻身 dì niú fān shēn (Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
法海 fǎ hǎi Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
萨迦 薩迦 sà jiā Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet / saga (i.e. heroic tale)
危辞耸听 危辭聳聽 wēi cí sǒng tīng to startle sb with scary tale syn
宝葫芦的秘密 寶葫蘆的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]
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
源氏物语 源氏物語 yuán shì wù yǔ The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
白行简 白行簡 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
紫式部 zǐ shì bù Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"
塔勒 tǎ lè thaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword)
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
霸王鞭 bà wáng biān a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
丹方 dān fāng folk remedy syn
东方红 東方紅 dōng fāng hóng The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
民间音乐 民間音樂 mín jiān yīn yuè folk music
民族舞蹈 mín zú wǔ dǎo folk dance
吴越曲 吳越曲 wú yuè qū folk song from Wu or from south China more generally
土地公 tǔ dì gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater
文天祥 wén tiān xiáng Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275
民歌手 mín gē shǒu folk singer
民间习俗 民間習俗 mín jiān xí sú folk customs
民间舞蹈 民間舞蹈 mín jiān wǔ dǎo folk dance
狐女 hú nǚ fox lady / in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
听房 聽房 tīng fáng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
听窗 聽窗 tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
莫伊谢耶夫 莫伊謝耶夫 mò yī xiè yē fū Moiseyev (name) / Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company
莲花落 蓮花落 lián huā lào genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers syn
迎神赛会 迎神賽會 yíng shén sài huì folk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God
银丝族 銀絲族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
阿乡 阿鄉 ā xiāng (coll.) country folk / rustic / see also 鄉下人|乡下人[xiang1 xia4 ren2]
杂戏 雜戲 zá xì acrobatics / entertainment at folk festival
风水先生 風水先生 fēng shuǐ xiān sheng feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年 黃鼠狼給雞拜年 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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