爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 浪漫 làng màn romantic syn 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love syn 科幻 kē huàn science fiction / abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3] 风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose syn 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn 奇幻 qí huàn fantasy (fiction) syn 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 罗曼蒂克 羅曼蒂克 luó màn dì kè romantic (loanword) syn 同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn 顺风耳 順風耳 shùn fēng ěr sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction) / fig. a well-informed person 漏电 漏電 lòu diàn to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4] syn 普希金 pǔ xī jīn Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet 勃拉姆斯 bó lā mǔ sī Brahms (name) / Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer 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 奥特曼 奧特曼 ào tè màn Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero 黑店 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery 艳情 艷情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) syn 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 灵犀 靈犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers / fig. mutual sensitivity / tacit exchange of romantic feelings / a meeting of minds 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 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] 劈腿 pī tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / two-timing (in romantic relationships) 科幻电影 科幻電影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie 爱情喜剧 愛情喜劇 ài qíng xǐ jù romantic comedy 刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer 艳 豔 yàn bright / fresh and attractive / glamorous / (bound form) amorous / romantic / (literary) to admire / to envy syn 舒曼 shū màn Schumann (name) / Robert Schumann (1810-1856), romantic composer 香艳 香艷 xiāng yàn alluring / erotic / romantic syn 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 华兹华斯 華茲華斯 huá zī huá sī surname Wordsworth / William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English romantic poet 月下花前 yuè xià huā qián lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings 骑马找马 騎馬找馬 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one 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 二人世界 èr rén shì jiè world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world 情史 qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 感情史 gǎn qíng shǐ romantic history / romantic past 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") 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) 橘味 jú wèi tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) 柏辽兹 柏遼茲 bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 司各特 sī gè tè Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist 罗曼带克 囉曼帶克 luō màn dài kè romantic (loanword) 满点 滿點 mǎn diǎn full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc) 绮梦 綺夢 qǐ mèng pleasant and romantic dream 鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists 好马不吃回头草 好馬不吃回頭草 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind 埃克托・柏辽兹 埃克托・柏遼茲 āi kè tuō · bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 风流佳话 風流佳話 fēng liú jiā huà romance / romantic affair 珀西・比希・雪莱 珀西・比希・雪萊 pò xī · bǐ xī · xuě lái Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet 埃克托·柏辽兹 埃克托·柏遼茲 āi kè tuō · bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 珀西·比希·雪莱 珀西·比希·雪萊 pò xī · bǐ xī · xuě lái Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet 劈腿 pǐ tuǐ to do the splits (gymnastics) / (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships) / Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3] 渣男 zhā nán (coll.) jerk / scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) 母胎solo mǔ tāi s o l o (slang) never been in a romantic relationship 母胎单身 母胎單身 mǔ tāi dān shēn never been in a romantic relationship 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair / romantic / sentimental syn 骑驴找马 騎驢找馬 qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one 壁咚 bì dōng (slang) to kabedon / to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン "kabedon") 情伤 情傷 qíng shāng romantic heartbreak 乙女 yǐ nǚ (slang) maiden / young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to refer to romantic media and games aimed at women) 年上 nián shàng (slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner 情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4]) 虚构小说 虛構小說 xū gòu xiǎo shuō fiction 郭敬明 guō jìng míng Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol 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) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 志怪小说 志怪小說 zhì guài xiǎo shuō tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction) 玄幻 xuán huàn xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction) 警匪 jǐng fěi police and criminals / (genre of fiction) crime 结界 結界 jié jiè (Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained / a place so designated / (fantasy fiction) force field / invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai") 架空历史 架空歷史 jià kōng lì shǐ alternate history / counterfactual history (genre of fiction) 