"Favorite" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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喜爱 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite
最喜爱 zuì xǐ ài favorite
偏爱 piān ài to be partial towards sth / to favor / to prefer / preference / favorite
宠儿 chǒng ér pet / favorite / darling
嬖 bì (treat as a) favorite
可望取胜者 kě wàng qǔ shèng zhě favorite (to win a race or championship) / well-placed contestant
新宠 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc)
畅所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
红人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian
眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
口头禅 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase
八达岭 Bā dá lǐng Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
衣钵 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle
恩宠 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler / Emperor's generosity towards a favorite
得宠 dé chǒng to be a favorite / favor
东坡肉 Dōng pō ròu stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
弄臣 nòng chén emperor's favorite courtier
得意门生 dé yì mén shēng favorite pupil
霸王别姬 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
张易之 Zhāng yì zhī Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
心里美萝卜 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
李娃传 Lǐ Wá Zhuàn Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
眼珠儿 yǎn zhū r eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
阿芙乐尔号 A1 fú lè ěr Hào Russian cruiser Aurora, firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography
宠姬 chǒng jī favorite concubine
磕糖 kē táng (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate / to lap it up when one sees a couple whom one ships kissing or cuddling
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