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| 乾 | Qián | surname Qian |
| 钱 | Qián | surname Qian |
| 为五斗米折腰 | wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo | (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary |
| 张骞 | Zhāng Qiān | Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC |
| 司马迁 | Sī mǎ Qiān | Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography |
| 吴市吹箫 | wú shì chuī xiāo | (idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) |
| 钱钟书 | Qián Zhōng shū | Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城[Wei2 cheng2] |
| 乾县 | Qián Xiàn | Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi |
| 纪传体 | jì zhuàn tǐ | history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian |
| 康乾盛世 | kāng qián shèng shì | booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors) |
| 太史公 | Tài shǐ gōng | Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4] |
| 围城 | Wéi chéng | Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV serial |
| 陶潜 | Táo Qián | Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明|陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet |
| 乾安县 | Qián ān Xiàn | Qian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 | Qián guō ěr Luó sī Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn | Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 钱三强 | Qián Sān qiáng | Qian Sanqiang |
| 钱学森 | Qián Xué sēn | Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer |
| 钱起 | Qián Qǐ | Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet |
| 前郭县 | Qián guō xiàn | Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 迁安市 | Qiān ān Shì | Qian'an, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 钱其琛 | Qián Qí chēn | Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier |
| 萧乾 | Xiāo Qián | Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator |