posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
Luohan Quan (Shaolin kung fu style)
monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
1. traitor to one's love2. heartless rat
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
1. arhat (Sanskrit)2. a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
1. lit. the river that divides Chu and Han2. fig. a line that divides rival territories3. the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
(idiom) dauntless; courageous; spirited
1. the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty2. (fig.) a sumptuous banquet
Sino-Tibetan language family
Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京广铁路[jīng guǎng tiě lù]
Nottinghamshire (English county)
a strong and determined man (idiom)
汉贼不两立 漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì 1. lit. Shu Han 蜀汉[shǔ hàn] and Cao Wei 曹魏[cáo wèi] cannot coexist (idiom)2. fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky3. (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
武汉钢铁公司 武漢鋼鐵公司 wǔ hàn gāng tiě gōng sī Wuhan Iron and Steel
不到长城非好汉 不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
好汉不吃眼前亏 好漢不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好汉做事好汉当 好漢做事好漢當 hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng 1. daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)2. a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions3. the buck stops here
身在曹营心在汉 身在曹營心在漢 shēn zài cáo yíng xīn zài hàn 1. live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)2. to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
饱汉不知饿汉饥 飽漢不知餓漢飢 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
德国汉莎航空公司 德國漢莎航空公司 dé guó hàn shā háng kōng gōng sī Deutsche Lufthansa AG
see 楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]
Western Han dynasty (206 BC–8 AD), aka 西汉[xī hàn]
carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
Hanyu Pinyin (abbr. for 汉语拼音[hàn yǔ pīn yīn])
abbr. for 国家汉办[guó jiā hàn bàn], Office of Chinese Language Council International
1. molester (loanword from Japanese "chikan")2. idiot3. fool
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[bān gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls