唐璜 (Tánghuáng): Don Juan (the legendary seducer)

Meanings

1 Don Juan (the legendary seducer)
2 (by extension) a womanizer; ladies' man

Characters

唐

táng

Tang (dynasty); transliteration of 'Don'

璜

huáng

half-disc jade ornament; transliteration of 'Juan'

Examples

他自以为是个唐璜，结果被姑娘们集体拉黑。

Tā zì yǐwéi shì ge Tánghuáng, jiéguǒ bèi gūniangmen jítǐ lāhēi.

He thought of himself as a Don Juan, and ended up being collectively blocked by the girls.

莫扎特的歌剧《唐璜》是经典中的经典。

Mòzhātè de gējù 《Tánghuáng》 shì jīngdiǎn zhōng de jīngdiǎn.

Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' is a classic among classics.

Tips

culture

Phonetic rendering of Spanish 'Don Juan' (DON-hwan): 唐 ('táng,' chosen because Tang dynasty connotes elegance and the 'don/táng' sound matches) + 璜 ('huáng,' a half-disc jade ornament, picked for the 'huan' sound). The Don Juan legend reaches Chinese audiences through Tirso de Molina's play, Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni,' and Byron's epic poem — making 唐璜 the standard literary shorthand for an unrepentant womanizer.