秦淮八艳 in English Qin2 huai2 ba1 yan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河[Qin2 huai2 He2] in the late Ming or early Qing

Simplified Characters

秦 淮 八 艳

Traditional Characters

秦 淮 八 艷

Pinyin

Qin2 huai2 ba1 yan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

秦qin2surname Qin 淮huai2name of a river 八ba1eight 艳yan4variant of 艷|艳[yan4]