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爱情 ài qíng romance; love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4]
传奇 chuán legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
三国演义 Sān guó Yǎn Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
曹操 Cáo Cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
爱情片 ài qíng piàn romance film
情非得已 qíng fēi compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love
风月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
风花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
艳遇 yàn encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair
罗曼史 luó màn shǐ romance (loanword) / love affair
艳情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc)
分久必合,合久必分 fēn jiǔ , jiǔ fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (proverb, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing
风流韵事 fēng liú yùn shì poetic and passionate (idiom); romance / love affair
周瑜 Zhōu Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
赵云 Zhào Yún Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
罗曼司 luó màn (loanword) romance
大桥 Qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
马超 Chāo Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
乙游 yóu otome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female protagonists and multiple male love interests (abbr. for 乙女遊戲|乙女游戏[yi3 nu : 3 you2 xi4])
黄忠 Huáng Zhōng Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter
四大名著 míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
桃花运 táo huā yùn luck with the ladies / a romance / good luck
老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
异地恋 liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
桃园结义 táo yuán jié to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)


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