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海上花列传

Hǎi shàng Huā Liè zhuàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
"The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai", a novel by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Hán Bāng qìng] depicting the lives of Shanghai courtesans in the late Qing dynasty
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-7f7188d35fb4a880. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

海上花列傳 海上花列传 [Hai3 shang4 Hua1 Lie4 zhuan4] /"The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai", a novel by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4] depicting the lives of Shanghai courtesans in the late Qing dynasty/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 海上花列傳

  • 海
    hǎi

    ocean / sea / CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous

    Hǎi

    surname Hai

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 花
    huā

    flower / blossom / CL:朵[duǒ],支[zhī],束[shù],把[bǎ],盆[pén],簇[cù] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful / also pr. [wěi]

    Huā

    surname Hua

  • 列
    liè

    to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row

  • 传
    chuán

    to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

    zhuàn

    biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.