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琼瑶

瓊瑤
Qióngyáo
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Chiung Yao, Taiwanese romance novelist and screenwriter whose melodramatic love stories dominated Chinese-language TV and film for decades

About Chiung Yao

1938–2024 · 作家 writer

Writer from Taiwan whose romance novels became films and TV series for decades, above all 还珠格格 (1998); 琼瑶剧 now means any tearful, melodramatic love drama.

Also called  陈喆

Examples

HSK 6
《还珠格格》是根据琼瑶的小说改编的。
《 Huánzhū Gégé 》 shì gēnjù Qióngyáo de xiǎoshuō gǎibiān de.
'Princess Pearl' was adapted from a Chiung Yao novel.
HSK 7-9
妈妈年轻时是琼瑶的忠实粉丝。
Māma niánqīng shí shì Qióngyáo de zhōngshí fěnsī.
My mom was a devoted fan of Chiung Yao when she was young.

Tips

culture
Her stories made stars for decades: 林青霞 debuted in the 1973 film of her novel 窗外, and the 1998 series 还珠格格 made 赵薇 a household name across Asia.
memory
琼 (fine jade) + 瑶 (precious jade) - a glittering pen name for a writer whose stories were famously lush and ornate.

Stroke Order

琼 qióng
瑶 yáo