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红 hóng red / popular / revolutionary / bonus
红色 hóng sè red (color) / revolutionary
红色警戒 hóng sè jǐng jiè red
红旗 hóng qí red flag / CL:面[mian4]
红叶 hóng yè red autumnal leaves
通红 tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
红军 Hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
红包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
红楼梦 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
红酒 hóng jiǔ red wine
鲜红 xiān hóng scarlet / bright red
红豆 hóng dòu azuki bean / red bean
红星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
小将 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)
关卡 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
红灯 hóng dēng red light
赤字 chì zì (financial) deficit / red letter
红肿 hóng zhǒng inflamed / red and swollen
红晕 hóng yùn to blush / to flush red
红线 hóng xiàn red line
发红 fā hóng to turn red / to blush / to flush
红牌 hóng pái red card (sports)
红十字会 hóng shí zì huǐ Red Cross
红枣 hóng zǎo jujube / red date
火狐 Huǒ hú red panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
红木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù to fly into a rage / to see red
红地毯 hóng dì tǎn red carpet
斯诺 Sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
林黛玉 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
红心 hóng xīn heart &hearts / (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
红细胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte / red blood cell
杨梅 yáng méi red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry
曹雪芹 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]
红领巾 hóng lǐng jīn red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
嫣红 yān hóng bright red
红土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite
殷红 yān hóng dark red
红莲 hóng lián red lotus
排场 pái chang ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape
红十字 Hóng shí zì Red Cross
红脸 hóng liǎn to blush / to turn red
闯红灯 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
贾宝玉 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
丹参 dān shēn (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
灯红酒绿 dēng hóng jiǔ lu:4 lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
红卫兵 Hóng wèi bīng Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
亏欠 kuī qiàn to have a deficit / to be in the red / to owe
红烧肉 hóng shāo ròu red braised pork
红萝卜 hóng luó bo carrot / red radish
红辣椒 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper / chili
红牛 Hóng Niú Red Bull (energy drink)
深红色 shēn hóng sè deep red / crimson / scarlet
红灯记 Hóng dēng jì The Legend of the Red Lantern
红烛 hóng zhú red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
石头记 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]
四大名著 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]
花红 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica)
小龙虾 xiǎo lóng xiā crayfish / (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯蝦|克氏原螯虾[ke4 shi4 yuan2 ao2 xia1]
紫檀 zǐ tán red sandalwood
红潮 hóng cháo to blush / flush / red tide (algal bloom) / menstruation
红彤彤 hóng tōng tōng bright red
大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 / "daifuku")
彼岸花 bǐ àn huā red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis
辣椒酱 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste / chili sauce
亏空 kuī kōng in debt / in the red / in deficit
暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
红学 Hóng xué "Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
红头文件 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
薛宝钗 Xuē Bǎo chāi Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
红场 Hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow)
小熊猫 xiǎo xióng māo lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red panda
牛棚 niú péng cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
马鹿 mǎ lù red deer / fool / idiot (from Japanese "baka")
溶血 róng xuè hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia)
红宝书 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])
红色娘子军 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
八宝粥 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
红树 hóng shù red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) / CL:棵[ke1]
火龙果 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)
雄黄 xióng huáng realgar / red orpiment
红血球 hóng xuè qiú erythrocyte / red blood cell
印泥 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal
丹凤眼 dān fèng yǎn red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
香附 xiāng fù red nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
油松 yóu sōng Chinese red pine
红筹股 hóng chóu gǔ red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
红珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
描红 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
赤眉 Chì méi Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝[Xin1 chao2]
走资派 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)
仰韶文化 Yǎng sháo wén huà Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
赤卫队 Chì wèi duì Red Guards
马尾松 mǎ wěi sōng Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
红曲 hóng qū red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
红马甲 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat / (stock market) floor trader / floor broker
红新月 Hóng xīn yuè Red Crescent
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