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Literature Period 传奇 傳奇 Chuánqí Noun Legend Romance

Simplified 传奇
Traditional 傳奇
Pinyin chuánqí
English noun 1 legend; romance 2 literature tales of the marvellous (short stories of the Tang-Song period, written in the literary style) 3 literature a form of drama of the Ming-Qing period, immensely long with an average of 40 or more scenes (the songs are chanted by several characters in the play, the bamboo flute being the chief musical instrument; e.g. 汤显祖《牡丹亭》 Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion, 孔尚任《桃花扇》 Kong Shangren's The Peach Blossom Fan) adjective legendary; fabled

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