李娃传 / 李娃傳

lǐ​wá​zhuàn

The Tale of Li Wa

A famous Tang dynasty fictional story written by [[白行简|白行簡|bai2 xing2 jian3]], telling the story of a young scholar and a courtesan who helps him find success; the plot has been adapted into many later operas.

李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · Li 娃 (literal) → 娃 · wá · beautiful woman 传 (literal) → 传/傳 · zhuàn · biography; commentary

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM