lǐ​wán

Li Wan

  • created sense approved 李纨/李紈 · lǐ​wán · Li Wan — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    李纨 / 李紈

    lǐ​wán

    Li Wan

    A central female character in the classic Chinese novel [[红楼梦|紅樓夢|hong2 lou2 meng4]], also known by the courtesy name Gōngcái and the pseudonym Dàoxiāng lǎonóng; she is the widowed sister-in-law of the protagonist [[贾宝玉|賈寶玉|jia3 bao3 yu4]], depicted as a virtuous and modest widow devoted to raising her son.

    李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · Li 纨 (literal) → 纨/紈 · wán · fine silk

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

    created sense