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 hóng red / popular / revolutionary / bonus
 hóng sè red (color) / revolutionary
 hóng sè jǐng jiè red
 hóng qí red flag / CL:面[mian4]
 hóng yè red autumnal leaves
 tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
 Hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
 Hóng lóu Mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
 hóng jiǔ red wine
 xiān hóng scarlet / bright red
 hóng dòu azuki bean / red bean
 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)
 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
 hóng dēng red light
 hóng bān erythema (pathol.) / rash in red patches
 chì zì (financial) deficit / red letter
 hóng zhǒng inflamed / red and swollen
 hóng yùn to blush / to flush red
线 hóng xiàn red line
 fā hóng to turn red / to blush / to flush
 hóng pái red card (sports)
 hóng shí zì huǐ Red Cross
 hóng zǎo jujube / red date
 Huǒ hú red panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
 bó rán dà nù to fly into a rage / to see red
 hóng dì tǎn red carpet
 Sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
 Lín Dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
 hóng xīn heart &hearts / (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte / red blood cell
 yáng méi red bayberry / Chinese bayberry / Japanese bayberry / Myrica rubra / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
 Cáo Xuě qín Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
 hóng lǐng jīn red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
 yān hóng bright red
 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite
 yān hóng dark red
 hóng lián red lotus
 pái chang ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape
 Hóng shí zì Red Cross
 hóng liǎn to blush / to turn red
 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
 Jiǎ Bǎo yù Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 / but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
 dān shēn (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
绿 dēng hóng jiǔ lu:4 lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
 Hóng wèi bīng Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
 hóng shāo ròu red braised pork
 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper / chili
 Hóng Niú Red Bull (energy drink)
 shēn hóng sè deep red / crimson / scarlet
 Hóng dēng jì The Legend of the Red Lantern
 hóng zhú red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
 Shí tou Jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
 xiǎo lóng xiā crayfish / (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯蝦|克氏原螯虾[ke4 shi4 yuan2 ao2 xia1]
 zǐ tán red sandalwood
 hóng cháo to blush / flush / red tide (algal bloom) / menstruation
 hóng tōng tōng bright red
 bǐ àn huā red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis
 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste / chili sauce
 kuī kōng in debt / in the red / in deficit
 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
 Hóng xué "Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
 hóng tóu wén jiàn red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies
 Xuē Bǎo chāi Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
 Hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow)
 xiǎo xióng māo lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red panda
鹿 mǎ lù red deer / fool / idiot (from Japanese "baka")
 róng xuè hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia)
 Hóng bǎo shū the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录[Mao2 Zhu3 xi2 Yu3 lu4])
 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
 hóng shù red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) / CL:棵[ke1]
 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)
 xióng huáng realgar / red orpiment
 hóng xuè qiú erythrocyte / red blood cell
 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal
 dān fèng yǎn red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
 xiāng fù red nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
 pǐn hóng pink / light red
 yóu sōng Chinese red pine
 hóng chóu gǔ red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
 Chì méi Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝[Xin1 chao2]
 zǒu zī pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
 Yǎng sháo wén huà Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
 Chì wèi duì Red Guards
 mǎ wěi sōng Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
 hóng qū red food dye made from yeast
 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat / floor trader in stock market / stockbroker
 Hóng xīn yuè Red Crescent
 guān yàng wén zhāng officialese / red tape
 hóng lín red phosphorus
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