- 邯郸 hándān Handan (city)A prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, located in the southwestern part of the province bordering Henan.
- 邯郸市 hándānshì HandanHandan, a prefecture-level city in [[河北省|河北省|he2 bei3 sheng3]] Province
- 郸城县 dānchéngxiàn Dancheng CountyDancheng County in Zhoukou, Henan province
- 邯郸学步 hándānxuébù to lose oneself in blind imitation of othersLiterally meaning "to learn to walk in [[邯郸|邯鄲|han2 dan1]]"; refers to blindly imitating others and failing, while also losing one's original skills or identity in the process.
- 郸城 dānchéng DanchengDancheng county in [[周口|周口|zhou1 kou3]] city, Henan province
- 邯郸梦 hándānmèng Handan dreamAn illusion or a short-lived dream of wealth and status; based on a story where a man dreams of an entire lifetime of success while his meal is cooking, only to wake up before the food is ready
- 学步邯郸 xuébùhándān to lose one's own identity through imitationTo unsuccessfully imitate others and lose one's own original skills or identity in the process; same as [[邯郸学步|邯鄲學步|han2 dan1 xue2 bu4]].
- 邯郸淳 hándānchún Handan ChunA famous scholar, calligrapher, and writer of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms periods; author of the early joke collection [[笑林|笑林|xiao4 lin2]].
- 邯郸记 hándānjì The Record of HandanThe Record of Handan, a famous Ming Dynasty play by Tang Xianzu based on the legend of the dream of the golden millet
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