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ái khanh

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Vietnamese

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from 愛卿.

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    ái khanh

    1. (Chinese fiction, endearing, by a Chinese monarch to his favorite courtiers or consorts) "my dear courtier"; "my darling consort"; you
      Hoà ái khanh,...Oh my dear courtier Heshen,...
      • 20th century [17th century], chapter 2, in Nguyễn Đỗ Mục, transl., Đông Chu liệt quốc [Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou States], translation of 東周列國志·第二回》 by 馮夢龍 [Feng Menglong] (in Classical Chinese):
        Vua U Vương hỏi rằng: — Ái khanh không thích âm nhạc thì thích thứ gì? Bao Tự nói: — Thiếp tôi chẳng thích thứ gì cả, chỉ còn nhớ hôm xưa tay xé tấm lụa, tiếng kêu sàn sạt nghe cũng vui tai.
        [original: 幽王問曰:「愛卿惡聞音樂,所好何事?」褒妃曰:「妾無好也。曾記昔日手裂綵繒,其聲爽然可聽。」]
        King You asked: “What do you my darling consort like if not music?” Bao Si said: “I your concubine do not like anything at all; I only remember that I tore a sheet of silk with my hands yesterday and the ripping and rending sounds pleased my ears.”