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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 陶潜, 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 史记, 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 exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史记)
钱钟书	Qián Zhōng shū	Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 围城
乾县	Qián Xiàn	Qian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市, 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 司马迁 refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史记
围城	Wéi chéng	Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
陶潜	Táo Qián	Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 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, 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 City 松原市, 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
迁安市	Qiān ān Shì	Qian'an, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市, Hebei
钱其琛	Qián Qí chēn	Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier