Red Chamber
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In Beijing on Monday afternoon, staff at the Red Chamber restaurant packed braised lobster into takeaway boxes as customers arrived to pick up their orders.
From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2022
Cao Xueqin’s Dream of the Red Chamber will teach you self-acceptance.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2021
Dream of the Red Chamber Henry Ong’s complete six-hour adaptation of this epic tale about a noble family in Qing dynasty China; presented in four 90-min. acts, with three intermissions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2017
During last year's Chinese state visit by President Xi Jinping, Princess Charlotte was given a set of silk figurines, depicting the traditional Chinese story, Dream of the Red Chamber.
From BBC • May 2, 2016
There is a charming episode in the second chapter of the "Dream of the Red Chamber," where the father of Pao-yu is anxious to read the probable destiny of his infant son.
From Historic China, and other sketches by Giles, Herbert Allen
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