潘金莲 / 潘金蓮

pān​jīn​lián

Pan Jinlian

A famous female character in the novels [[水浒传|水滸傳|shui3 hu3 zhuan4]] and [[金瓶梅|金瓶梅|jin1 ping2 mei2]]; typically portrayed as a beautiful but treacherous woman who murders her husband, she has become a cultural archetype for a lustful or villainous woman.

潘 (literal) → 潘 · pān · Pan 金莲 (literal) → 金莲/金蓮 · jīn​lián · golden lilies

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM