| 虚构 | xū gòu | to make up / fabrication / fictional / imaginary |   |
| 诸葛亮 | Zhū gě Liàng | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 / during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind | |
| 故事片 | gù shi piàn | fictional film / feature film | |
| 西门庆 | Xī mén Qìng | Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] | |
| 包公 | Bāo gōng | Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
| 包青天 | bāo qīng tiān | Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
| 正史 | zhèng shǐ | the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends | |
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage / cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 / in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 / recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 / (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times | |
| 二次元 | èr cì yuán | two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games | |
| 三国演义 | Sān guó Yǎn yì | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains | |
| 李俊 | Lǐ Jùn | Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] | |
| 独孤求败 | Dú gū Qiú bài | Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels | |
| 太平广记 | Tài píng Guǎng jì | Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉 | |
| 包待制 | Bāo Dài zhì | Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
| 包龙图 | Bāo Lóng tú | Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
| 李昉 | Lǐ Fǎng | Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history | |
| 犬夜叉 | Quǎn yè chà | Inuyasha, fictional character | |
| 狐鬼神仙 | hú guǐ shén xiān | foxes, ghosts and immortals / supernatural beings, usually fictional | |
| 真理部 | Zhēn lǐ bù | Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four | |
| 克苏鲁 | Kè sū lǔ | Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft | |
| 纯爱 | chún ài | pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media) | |
| 嗑CP | kē C P | (slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P] | |
