科幻 kē huàn science fiction / abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3] 科幻小说 科幻小說 kē huàn xiǎo shuō science fiction novel 奥特曼 奧特曼 ào tè màn Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero 科幻电影 科幻電影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie 刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer 科学幻想 科學幻想 kē xué huàn xiǎng science fiction 量子沫 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam (in string theory, and science 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 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 母星 mǔ xīng (science fiction) home planet / (astronomy) parent star 惊悚 驚悚 jīng sǒng horror (movie) / thriller 科技惊悚小说 科技驚悚小說 kē jì jīng sǒng xiǎo shuō techno-thriller novel 迈克尔・克莱顿 邁克爾・克萊頓 mài kè ěr · kè lái dùn Michael Crichton (1942-), US techno-thriller writer, author of Jurassic Park 迈克尔·克莱顿 邁克爾·克萊頓 mài kè ěr · kè lái dùn Michael Crichton (1942-), US techno-thriller writer, author of Jurassic Park 谍战 諜戰 dié zhàn (movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s) 惊险片 驚險片 jīng xiǎn piàn (cinema) thriller 科普 kē pǔ popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1xue2 pu3ji2]) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms syn 医科 醫科 yī kē medicine (as a science) / medical science 科教 kē jiào science education / popular science 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 科教片 kē jiào piàn science education film / popular science movie 科技革新问题千年项目第10工作队 科技革新問題千年項目第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation 科技革新第10工作队 科技革新第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation 科工研组织空间科学应用处 科工研組織空間科學應用處 CSIRO Office for Space Science Applications / Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Office for Space Science Applications 联合国基础空间科学讲习班 聯合國基礎空間科學講習班 United Nations Workshop on Basic Space Science / Workshop on Basic Space Science 小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn 言情小说 言情小說 yán qíng xiǎo shuō romance novel / romantic fiction 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn 奇幻 qí huàn fantasy (fiction) syn 同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn 评书 評書 píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction syn 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements 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] 黑店 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery 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 顺风耳 順風耳 shùn fēng ěr sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction) / fig. a well-informed person 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 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 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 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 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 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 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") 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 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) 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 橘味 jú wèi tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) 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) 玛丽苏 瑪麗蘇 mǎ lì sū (slang) Mary Sue (character type in fiction) 仙侠 仙俠 xiān xiá (fiction genre) xianxia / Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙[xiu1 xian1], and other supernatural elements 科技 kē jì science and technology 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 科学 科學 kē xué science / scientific knowledge / scientific / rational / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 动态 動態 dòng tài movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science) 实用 實用 shí yòng to apply in practice / practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science) syn 容量 róng liàng capacity / volume / quantitative (science) 医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 学术 學術 xué shù learning / science / academic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 规律 規律 guī lǜ rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline syn 中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn 理工 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects 科学技术 科學技術 kē xué jì shù science and technology 科技大学 科技大學 kē jì dà xué university of science and technology 理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology 已知 yǐ zhī known (to science) 科技园 科技園 kē jì yuán science and technology park 中国科学院 中國科學院 zhōng guó kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Science 社科 shè kē social science (abbr.) 新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn 冷门 冷門 lěng mén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition syn 计算机科学 計算機科學 jì suàn jī kē xué computer science 工学 工學 gōng xué engineering / industrial science 理学 理學 lǐ xué science 政治学 政治學 zhèng zhì xué politics / political science 信息学 信息學 xìn xī xué information science 中国政法大学 中國政法大學 zhōng guó zhèng fǎ dà xué China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海淀區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 Qu1] 群落 qún luò community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community syn 电子科技大学 電子科技大學 diàn zǐ kē jì dà xué University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 科技工作者 kē jì gōng zuò zhě worker in science and technology 材料科学 材料科學 cái liào kē xué materials science 