秦淮八艳
Traditional form:
秦淮八艷
Pinyin (reading):
Qínhuáibāyàn
Definitions:
- the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河 ( Qínhuái Hé) in the late Ming or early Qing
Characters:
- 秦 - the Qin dynasty (eponymous for China)
- 淮 - a river in Anhui province
- 八 - eight; all around, all sides
- 艳 - beautiful, glamorous, sexy, voluptuous
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