晴雯

Qíngwén
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Meanings

  1. 1 Qingwen, proud and sharp-tongued maidservant of Jia Baoyu in 《红楼梦》
  2. 2 ranked first among Baoyu's eight personal maids

Examples

Qíngwén xīnzhí-kǒukuài.
Qingwen is forthright and sharp-tongued.
Qíngwén bǔ qiú shì 《Hónglóumèng》 de míng chǎngmiàn.
'Qingwen mends the fur coat' is a famous scene from Dream of the Red Chamber.

Tips

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In Chapter 52 she gets up from a sickbed to darn Baoyu's scorched peacock-feather cloak — 晴雯 ('Brave Qingwen mends the peacock cape while ill'), a byword for loyal service. She is slandered and dismissed by Lady Wang, dies young, and Baoyu mourns her in 《芙蓉女儿》 ('Eulogy for the Hibiscus Maiden').
memory
is a rare character meaning 'cloud patterns at sunset' — fitting for a character whose brief, brilliant life burns bright and fades early, like (clear sky) broken by rain.

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