| 爱情 | ài qíng | romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] |   |
| 传奇 | chuán qí | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | |
| 风月 | fēng yuè | romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) | |
| 艳遇 | yàn yù | encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair | |
| 桃花运 | táo huā yùn | luck with the ladies / a romance / good luck | |
| 艳情 | yàn qíng | romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) | |
| 风流韵事 | fēng liú yùn shì | poetic and passionate (idiom) / romance / love affair | |
| 罗曼史 | luó màn shǐ | romance (loanword) / love affair | |
| 罗曼使 | luó màn shǐ | romance / love affair / more commonly written 羅曼史|罗曼史 | |
| 罗曼司 | luó màn sī | romance (loanword) | |
| 风流佳话 | fēng liú jiā huà | romance / romantic affair | |
| 言情小说 | yán qíng xiǎo shuō | romance novel / romantic fiction | |
| 大桥 | Dà Qiáo | Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China | |
| 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 | |
| 爱情片 | ài qíng piàn | romance film | |
| 关羽 | Guān Yǔ | Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama | |
| 张飞 | Zhāng Fēi | Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine | |
| 赵云 | Zhào Yún | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
| 小桥 | Xiǎo Qiáo | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China | |
| 周瑜 | Zhōu Yú | Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] | |
| 马超 | Mǎ Chāo | Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
| 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] | |
| 赤壁之战 | Chì bì zhī zhàn | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] | |
| 五虎将 | Wǔ hǔ jiàng | Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠 | |
| 西厢记 | Xī xiāng Jì | Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫[Wang2 Shi2 fu3] | |
| 罗贯中 | Luó Guàn zhōng | Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works | |
| 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 | |
| 风花雪月 | fēng huā xuě yuè | wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life | |
| 曹操 | Cáo Cāo | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 | |
| 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 | |
| 罗曼语族 | Luó màn yǔ zú | Romance language family | |
| 桃园三结义 | Táo yuán Sān Jié yì | Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] | |
| 桃园结义 | táo yuán jié yì | to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms&rdquo / 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom) | |
| 王实甫 | Wáng Shí fǔ | Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记 | |
| 异地恋 | yì dì liàn | long-distance romance / long-distance relationship | |
| 老牛吃嫩草 | lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo | lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman | |
| 长坂坡七进七出 | cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū | famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 / charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies | |
| 黄忠 | Huáng Zhōng | Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter | |
| 露水姻缘 | lù shuǐ yīn yuán | casual romance / short-lived relationship | |
| 赵子龙 | Zhào Zǐ lóng | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云[Zhao4 Yun2], general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
