Diāo Chán
Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
Dǒng Zhuó
Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
hú lu
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
hoist
generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
muddled
(poker) full house
táng hú lu
sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick
tanghulu
bǎo hú lu
magic gourd, granting your every wish
Hán lù
Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October
bǎo hú lu de mì mì
Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
diàn dòng hú lu
electric chain pulley block
bīng táng hú lu
tanghulu
candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack
yī yàng huà hú lu
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
dū lu
bunch
cluster
classifier for bunched objects
to hang down in a bunch
to droop
zhào hú lu huà piáo
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
fig. to copy slavishly
mèn hú lu
lit. closed gourd
fig. enigma
complete mystery
taciturn person
Lù lín
place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han
also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]
hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
what's going on?
táng hú lu
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick
tanghulu
lù lu
well pulley
windlass
potter's wheel
hū lu
(onom.) snoring
Taiwan pr. [hu1 lu1]
gū lu
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach)
to coo (of a dove)
rumbling
noisy drinking sound
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