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"sage hero" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
圣雄 聖雄 shèng xióng sage hero / refers to Mahatma Gandhi
Chinese Pinyin Translation
英雄 yīng xióng hero / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
英 yīng hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom syn
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn
主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist syn
智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn
好汉 好漢 hǎo hàn hero / strong and courageous person / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
罗宾汉 羅賓漢 luó bīn hàn Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn
功臣 gōng chén meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role syn
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
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
圣手 聖手 shèng shǒu divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner syn
壮士 壯士 zhuàng shì hero / fighter / brave strong guy / warrior (in armor) syn
丹参 丹參 dān shēn (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) syn
豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero / towering figure syn
民族英雄 mín zú yīng xióng national hero syn
无名英雄 無名英雄 wú míng yīng xióng unnamed hero syn
主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn
释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
孙大圣 孫大聖 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
圣庙 聖廟 shèng miào shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) syn
飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn
大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple)
阿凡提 ā fán tí the Effendi (Nasreddin), the hero of folk tales of the Muslim world, known for his wisdom and humor
宋江 sòng jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 qí tiān dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
刑天 xíng tiān Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
魏国 魏國 wèi guó Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
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]
王羲之 wáng xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
大蛇丸 dà shé wán Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero / Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series
先贤 先賢 xiān xián (literary) ancient sage syn
圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
孤胆 孤膽 gū dǎn solitary hero / maverick
贤王 賢王 xián wáng sage kings
晏子 yàn zǐ Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2], also known as 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1], hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
狄仁杰 狄仁傑 dí rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
鼠尾草 shǔ wěi cǎo sage (Salvia officinalis)
格萨尔 格薩爾 gé sà ěr King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
贤能 賢能 xián néng sage syn
阿喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
圣训 聖訓 shèng xùn sage's instructions / imperial edict
桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person
圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn
侠 俠 xiá knight-errant / brave and chivalrous / hero / heroic syn
韩 韓 hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
大侠 大俠 dà xiá knight / swordsman / noble warrior / chivalrous hero
哲 喆 zhé wise / a sage syn
纳尔逊 納爾遜 nà ěr xùn Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
比尔博 比爾博 bǐ ěr bó Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
唱红脸 唱紅臉 chàng hóng liǎn to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop
李舜臣 lǐ shùn chén Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
绿林好汉 綠林好漢 lǜ lín hǎo hàn true hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style) syn
诗圣 詩聖 shī shèng "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3] syn
时势造英雄 時勢造英雄 shí shì zào yīng xióng Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
晏婴 晏嬰 yàn yīng Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] , hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
郭小川 guō xiǎo chuān Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution
舜 shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
埃涅阿斯 āi niè ā sī Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
英雄无用武之地 英雄無用武之地 yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents syn
尼尔逊 尼爾遜 ní ěr xùn Nelson or Nillson (name) / Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
圣君 聖君 shèng jūn sage
绿林豪客 綠林豪客 lǜ lín háo kè bold hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style)
山颓木坏 山頹木壞 shān tuí mù huài lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
舜日尧天 舜日堯天 shùn rì yáo tiān sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
舜日尧年 舜日堯年 shùn rì yáo nián sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
人杰地灵 人傑地靈 rén jié dì líng illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom) / a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son syn
大勇若怯 dà yǒng ruò qiè a great hero may appear timid (idiom) / the really brave person remains level-headed
独胆英雄 獨膽英雄 dú dǎn yīng xióng bold and courageous hero (idiom)
胸有成略 xiōng yǒu chéng lüè the hero has plans already laid (idiom) / to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed
胸有成算 xiōng yǒu chéng suàn the hero has plans already laid (idiom) / to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed
释迦牟尼佛 釋迦牟尼佛 shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
傅说 傅說 fù shuō Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose
孔圣人 孔聖人 kǒng shèng rén the Sage Confucius
毗耶娑 pí yē suō Vyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩訶婆羅多|摩诃婆罗多[Mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1] and a major figure in it
洋紫苏 洋紫蘇 yáng zǐ sū sage (herb)
洋苏 洋蘇 yáng sū sage (herb)
箕子 jī zǐ Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[Zhou4], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[Zhou1] dynasty
圣哲 聖哲 shèng zhé sage
圣王 聖王 shèng wáng sage ruler
圣经贤传 聖經賢傳 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts
茜紫 qiàn zǐ sage (herb)
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 薑太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose
醉圣 醉聖 zuì shèng the Sage of intoxication / refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762)
释迦佛 釋迦佛 shì jiā fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
陈抟 陳摶 chén tuán Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
亚圣 亞聖 yà shèng Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies
沃伦・巴菲特 沃倫・巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
至人 zhì rén fully realized human being / sage / saint
沃伦·巴菲特 沃倫·巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
真人不露相 zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
阿奇里斯 ā qí lǐ sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
俄狄浦斯 é dí pǔ sī Oedipus, hero of tragedy by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
参孙 參孫 cān sūn Samson (name) / biblical hero around 1100 BC
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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