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Rising Tones Popular Chinese'Boys' Love Novels Set for English 
Release By Luo Meihan Aug 10, 2021Some of China's most popular and best-loved danmei-or"boys' love"-novels are finally receiving offcial English translations,and excited fans have already pushed them to the top of bestseller lists at major retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

这些中国最受欢迎和最受欢迎的耽美或"同性" 小说终于得到了官方的英文翻译，书迷们兴奋不已，已经把他们推到了亚马逊、巴恩斯和诺布尔等主要零售商的畅销书排行榜上。 

Originating in Japan, danmei has become one of China's most popular literary genres over the past 20 years. On online literature portals like Jinjiang Literature City, top danmei novels. This helped danmei reach new heights in China eventually surpassing its counterparts in Japan and South Korea. "As the writing improved, the plots got stronger, the characters became more powerful and unique(Chinese danmei) grew into a new subculture for female consumption throughout Asia and even around the world Xia added.

“耽美”起源于日本，在过去的20年里，成为中国最受欢迎的文学流派之一。在晋江文学城这样的在线文学门户网站上，耽美文学经常吸引数以百万计渴望同性恋或同性恋爱情故事的读者，这些爱情故事大部分是由女性创作的。             

The evolution of Chinese danmei was a process of cultural evolution according to Xia Lie,vice president of the Chinese Writers Association's Institute of Online Literature. Chinese danmei originally imported, has over the past two decades developed beyond boys' love to become a carrier, to the greatest extent possible, of all kinds of feminine cultural symbols and psychological reflections" Xia told Sixth Tone.

中国作家协会在线文学研究所副所长夏烈表示，中国耽美文学的演变是一个文化进化的过程。最初进口的中国耽美，在过去的二十年里，已经超越了男孩子的爱情，最大程度地成为了各种女性文化符号和心理反映的载体。”

表达积累

单词

1、homoerotic novels 同性恋小说2、danmei /boys’ love 男同3、bestseller lists 畅销书排行榜4、portal 门户网站5、feminine 女性的6、counterpart 对应的人或物

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Some of China’s most popular and best-loved danmei — or “boys’ love” — novels are finally receiving official English translations, and excited fans have already pushed them to the top of bestseller lists at major retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
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