Chinese Character Dictionary

剧情

jù qíng

story line

剧本

jù bĕn

script for play, opera, movie etc

剧毒

jù dú

acute poison

剧烈

jù liè

violent

剧照

jù zhào

still pose (in stage work)

剧痛

jù tòng

acute pain

剧目

jù mù

repertoire

剧社

jù shè

theater company

剧组

jù zŭ

cast and crew

剧变

jù biàn

fast change of scene

剧透

jù tòu

plot leak

剧院

jù yuàn

theater

劈

pī

to hack

劈叉

pĭ chà

the splits (move in dancing)

劈啪

pī pā

(onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc

劈情操

pī qíng cāo

to have a friendly chat (Shanghai)

劈手

pī shŏu

with a lightning move of the hand

劈挂拳

pī guà quán

Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)

劈柴

pī chái

to chop firewood

劈空扳害

pī kōng bān hài

damaged by groundless slander (idiom)

劈腿

pī tuĭ

to do the splits (gymnastics)

劈脸

pī liăn

right in the face

劈裂

pī liè

to split open

劈里啪啦

pī li pā la

variant of 批哩啪啦[pī li pā la]

劈里啪啦

pī li pā la

variant of 批哩啪啦[pī li pā la]

劈开

pī kāi

to cleave

劈离

pī lí

split

劈面

pī miàn

right in the face

劈头盖脸

pī tóu gài liăn

lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)

刘

Liú

surname Liu

刘伯温

Liú Bó wēn

Liu Bowen (1311-137), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius

刘备

Liú Bèi

Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty

刘光第

Liú Guāng dì

Liu Guangdi, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

刘公岛

Liú gōng Dăo

Liugong island in the Yellow sea

刘剑峰

Liú Jiàn fēng

Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan

刘厚总

Liú Hòu zŏng

Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变

刘向

Liú Xiàng

Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author

刘基

Liú Jī

Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-137), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius

刘天华

Liú Tiān huá

Liu T'ien-hua

刘奭

Liú Shì

Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 漢元帝|汉元帝[Hàn Yuán dì]

刘姥姥进大观园

Liú lăo lao jìn Dà guān yuán

Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens

刘安

Liú An1

Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huái nán zi]

刘宋

Liú Sòng

Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing

刘宋时代

Liú Sòng Shí dài

Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing

刘家夼

Liú jiā kuăng

Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong

刘家夼镇

Liú jiā kuăng zhèn

Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong

刘家村

Liú jiā cūn

Liujia village in Zhangdian district 张店区 of Zhibo city 淄博市[Zī bó shì], Shandong

刘家辉

Liú Jiā huī

Gordon Liu (19-), Hong Kong action actor

刘少奇

Liú Shào qí

Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution

刘德华

Liú Dé huá

Andy Lau

刘心武

Liú Xīn wŭ

Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist

刘恒

Liú Héng

Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝

刘昫

Liú Xù

Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书

刘晓波

Liú Xiăo bō

Liu Xiaobo (19-), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[líng bā xiàn zhāng], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

刘毅

Liú Yì

Liu Yi (-28), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xī Jìn] (26-316)

刘洋

Liú Yáng

Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)

刘海

liú hăi

bangs or fringes of hair

刘涓子

Liú Juān zĭ

Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions

刘涓子鬼遗方

Liú Juān zĭ guĭ yí fāng

Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼

刘渊

Liú Yuān

Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 (304-347)