秦淮八艳
qín​huái​bā​yàn

Eight Beauties of Qinhuai

  • created sense approved 秦淮八艳/秦淮八艷 · qín​huái​bā​yàn · Eight Beauties of Qinhuai — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秦淮八艳 / 秦淮八艷

    qín​huái​bā​yàn

    Eight Beauties of Qinhuai

    The famous eight talented and beautiful courtesans who lived near the [[秦淮河|秦淮河|qin2 huai2 he2]] in the late Ming or early Qing dynasty

    秦淮 (literal) → 秦淮 · qín​huái · Qinhuai River 八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 艳 (literal) → 艳/豔 · yàn · bright and colorful

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