曹雪芹 - Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hóng lóu Mèng] - Cáo Xuě qín | Definition | ChinesePod.com

曹雪芹

Cáo Xuě qín

Pinyin

Definition

曹雪芹

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Cáo Xuě qín

Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hóng lóu Mèng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xià xuě

1 to snow

Xuě

1 surname Xue

xuě huā

1 snowflake

bīng xuě

1 ice and snow

Dà xuě

1 Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December

Idioms (14)

冰雪聪明

bīng xuě cōng ming

1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

报仇雪耻

bào chóu xuě chǐ

1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

报仇雪恨

bào chóu xuě hèn

1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)

程门立雪

Chéng mén lì xuě

1 lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
2 fig. deep reverence for one's master

Sample Sentences

不拍不拍，我们先看吧。曹雪芹真是神了，一本书里，吃的、用的、住的都写得那么精致，这个大观园就是人们根据书里的描写建的。

bù pāi bù pāi ，wǒmen xiān kàn ba 。Cáo Xuěqín zhēnshì shén le ，yī běn shū lǐ ，chī de 、yòng de 、zhù de dōu xiě de nàme jīngzhì ，zhè ge dàguānyuán jiùshì rénmen gēnjù shū lǐ de miáoxiě jiàn de 。

Let's not take pictures. Let's look around first. Cao Xueqin was just amazing. In a single book he wrote so exquisitely about things for eating, using and living in. This Prospect Garden was built according to his description in the book.