📚 Glossaire — les termes qui perdent les débutants
La principale raison pour laquelle les étrangers abandonnent les romans web chinois, c'est la terminologie non expliquée. Voici le décodeur.
Cultivation et pouvoir
Cultivation 修炼
Training the body and soul to gain longevity and power, step by step. The engine of most Chinese fantasy.
Qi 气
The life-energy cultivated by characters. Think "mana" or "chi."
Golden Core 金丹
A condensed energy core formed at a mid stage of cultivation — a major power spike.
Nascent Soul 元婴
A later stage where the cultivator grows a miniature "soul body." Very strong.
Dao 道
The "Way" — a character's personal truth/path. Mastering it is the endgame.
Dantian 丹田
The energy center in the lower abdomen where Qi is stored.
Tribulation 渡劫
Heaven-sent lightning a cultivator must survive to break through. Fail and you die.
Sect 门派
A cultivation school/clan with its own techniques and hierarchy.
Spirit Stones 灵石
Crystal currency that stores Qi — the in-world money of cultivators.
Romance et danmei
Face / Face-slapping 面子 / 打脸
"Face" is social standing. "Slapping face" = publicly humiliating an arrogant foe who looked down on you. The genre's signature beat.
Young Master 少爷
The spoiled heir who picks on the hero — and gets face-slapped. A recurring comic villain.
Danmei 耽美
Chinese Boys' Love. The gong (top) / shou (bottom) pairing is central.
Gong 攻
The "attacker" / top in a danmei couple.
Shou 受
The "receiver" / bottom in a danmei couple.
CP CP
Short for "couple" — the pairing fans ship.
Tropiques de départ
Jianghu 江湖
The wandering martial-arts world outside the court — where wuxia heroes roam.
Wuxia 武侠
Martial-arts chivalry fiction (vs. the more supernatural xianxia).
Transmigration 穿越
Being transported into another world or body — a core setup trope.
Rebirth 重生
Dying and waking up younger with full memories, to redo life (often for revenge).
System 系统
A game-like interface that gives the hero quests, levels and cheats.
Cheat 金手指
A hero's unfair advantage — a system, a ring-soul, future memories.
Loup-garou / métamorphe
Mate 伴侣
A werewolf's destined partner, bound by scent and soul.
Alpha 阿尔法
The dominant wolf in a pack; the typical powerful male lead.
Luna 露娜
The Alpha's female partner / pack's leading woman.
Pack 狼群
A werewolf clan ruled by its Alpha.
Rejected Mate 被拒绝的伴侣
A mate-bond refused by one partner — the angst engine of the genre.
Fated Mate 命中注定的伴侣
The one the universe intends for a wolf; resistance is futile (and the fun).
Mark 标记
A bite/claim that bonds a werewolf to their mate.