红 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 红 斑 hóng bān erythema (pathol.) / rash in red patches 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 / Chinese bayberry / Japanese bayberry / Myrica rubra / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] 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) 红 烧 肉 hóng shāo ròu red braised pork 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 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 马 鹿 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) 品 红 pǐn hóng pink / light red 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) 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 food dye made from yeast 红 马 甲 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat / floor trader in stock market / stockbroker 红 新 月 Hóng xīn yuè Red Crescent 官 样 文 章 guān yàng wén 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