1Chiung Yao (1938-2024), Taiwanese romance novelist and screenwriter whose melodramatic love stories dominated Chinese-language TV and film for decades
《 Huánzhūgégé 》 shì gēnjù Qióngyáo de xiǎoshuō gǎibiān de.
'Princess Pearl' was adapted from a Chiung Yao novel.
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琼瑶-style (琼瑶式) has become an adjective in Chinese for overwrought, melodramatic love plots — teary confessions in the rain, star-crossed lovers, endless misunderstandings. Her 1998 TV series 《还珠格格》 made Zhao Wei (赵薇) a superstar across Asia.
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琼 (fine jade) + 瑶 (precious jade) — a glittering pen name for a writer whose stories were famously lush and ornate.
