young woman; girl; maiden

a man who is about to be married or has just been married; groom; also called [[新郎官|新郎官|xin1 lang2 guan1]]

best man or groomsman at a wedding; a man who accompanies and assists the groom during the ceremony

Koizumi Jun'ichirō (1942-), a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006

The currency of Switzerland, and the former currency of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg; a unit of currency equal to 100 centimes

(historical) high-ranking official title, specifically the vice-minister of one of the Six Boards during the Ming and Qing dynasties; earlier an assistant or deputy official in various government departments.

Jenny Lang Ping (born 1960), famous Chinese volleyball player and coach.

(archaic) a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine

Swiss franc; the official currency of Switzerland

(archaic) a wife's way of addressing her husband

the sitting posture of crossing one leg over the other

cowhand; herdsman; a boy or man who tends cows

Japanese politician and entrepreneur from the Liberal Democratic Party who served as prime minister from 2008 to 2009

Lang Lang (1982-), world-famous Chinese concert pianist

(bound form) an imperial palace guard or official in charge of palace security in ancient China

A small kingdom and ethnic group in southwest China during the Han dynasty, located in modern-day Guizhou and Yunnan provinces; famously associated with the idiom [[夜郎自大|夜郎自大|ye4 lang2 zi4 da4]]

A character in the novels "Water Margin" and "The Golden Lotus", elder brother of Wu Song; known for being short and unattractive, he was murdered by his wife Pan Jinlian and her lover Ximen Qing

(idiom) to have exhausted one's creative powers or literary energy; to have writer's block. Derived from a story about the poet Jiang Yan of the Southern Dynasties, whose talent reportedly vanished in his old age.

The characters Niulang and Zhinü from Chinese mythology who are separated by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only once a year

a woman's lover or sweetheart; paramour

careless and casual; sloppy in appearance or behavior; idling about or failing to take things seriously

(honorific) your esteemed son; a polite way to refer to another person's son

A beetle that feeds on and rolls animal dung into balls; common name for the [[蜣螂|蜣螂|qiang1 lang2]].

ancient government post originally established as an additional official position outside the regular staff establishment

Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937-2006), a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998

bridegroom; groom; sometimes used playfully or formally to refer to the groom at a wedding

a young man or boy; a youth

A Chinese deity from folk legends and mythology, often identified as the god [[杨戬|楊戩|yang2 jian3]]; he is typically depicted with three eyes and a celestial hound dog

talented man and beautiful woman; an ideal couple

A street vendor or traveling merchant who moves through neighborhoods or rural areas selling small goods.

a family's second son; the second eldest brother

Literally 'Yelang thinks highly of itself'; refers to someone who is ignorant of the wider world and thinks too much of their own importance.

Ishihara Shintarō (1932-2022), Japanese author and politician who served as governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012

the shoulder-pole load or baskets carried by a traveling street vendor

Oe Kenzaburo (1935–2023), Japanese novelist and winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature

Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766); Italian Jesuit missionary and court painter for the [[清|清|qing1]] dynasty who blended Western perspective and realism with traditional Chinese techniques

(literary) the patron deity of traditional Chinese theater, also used to refer to a person of exceptional ability

The brightest star in the constellation Aquila, seen in the night sky across the Milky Way from [[织女星|織女星|zhi1 nu:3 xing1]].

nickname of Yang Yanzhao (958-1014), a famous general of the Northern Song dynasty known for defending the border against the Liao dynasty

(literary) husband's younger brother

Langxi county in Xuancheng, Anhui Province

Langxi, a county in Xuancheng City, Anhui

Official in the imperial secretariat (Shangshu Tai) appointed from the Xiaolian candidates after one year of service

(variant form) Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet; also refers to the Browning automatic firearm

A person who returns to a place after a long absence; based on a legend of two men who encountered immortals and returned years later, specifically famously used by the poet [[刘禹锡|劉禹錫|liu2 yu3 xi1]] when returning to a temple.

Shiba Ryotaro (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels

A small drum with a handle and beads on strings used by peddlers to attract customers; it is similar to but larger than a [[拨浪鼓|撥浪鼓|bo1 lang5 gu3]].

Langevin, a French surname; most commonly refers to the physicist Paul Langevin

historical figure sometimes identified as the deity Erlang Shen, traditionally associated with water control projects in ancient Sichuan