"Courtesan" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiǎo jì high-class prostitute / courtesan
 jiǎo jì high-class prostitute / courtesan
 jiāo jì huā (female) social butterfly / socialite / courtesan
 míng jì famous courtesan
 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
 Lǐ Wá Zhuàn Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
 Bái Xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle)
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