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红楼梦

Hóng lóu Mèng

3-character word Traditional 紅樓夢

What 红楼梦 means

1. A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin {曹雪芹|Cáo Xuě qín}, one of the four great novels

The characters in 红楼梦

• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 梦mèngdream; (bound form) to dream

Example sentences

• 中国的四大名着是《西游记》《三国演义》《水浒传》和《红楼梦》。
  The Four Great Classical Novels of China are Journey to the West (西遊記, Xī Yóu Jì), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義, Sānguó Yǎnyì), Water Margin (水滸傳, Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn), and Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢, Hóng Lóu Mèng).