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醒世恒言

Xǐng shì Héng yándictionary entry
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Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Féng Mèng lóng] published in 1627
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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-d5904474ac371195. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

醒世恆言 醒世恒言 [Xing3 shi4 Heng2 yan2] /Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1627/

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Other forms in these source records: 醒世恆言

  • 醒
    xǐng

    to wake up / to be awake / to become aware / to sober up / to come to

  • 世
    shì

    life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

    Shì

    surname Shi

  • 恒
    héng

    permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)

    Héng

    surname Heng

  • 言
    yán

    words / speech / to say / to talk

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.