海上花列传
Traditional form:
海上花列傳
Pinyin (reading):
Hǎishàng Huā Lièzhuàn
Definitions:
- The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶／韩邦庆 ( Hán Bāngqìng), long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
- translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
Characters:
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
- 列 - a line; to arrange, to classify
- 传 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
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