海上花列传 hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn

classic novel The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韩邦庆hán bāng qìng, long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
  2. 2. translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang

Characters

Character Meaning
海 hǎi HSK 4
ocean; sea; great number of people or things
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
花 huā HSK 3
to spend (money, time); flower; blossom
列 liè HSK 4
to arrange; to line up; (in data tables) column
传 zhuàn HSK 4
to pass on; to spread; to transmit