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Fangji Fuling Tang

Fangji Fuling tang (防己茯苓汤) is a five-herb classical Chinese formula first recorded in Zhang Zhongjing's Jin Gui Yao Lue, known for warming yang and promoting diuresis.

Fangji Huangqi Tang

防己黄芪汤 (Fangji Huangqi Decoction), a classical Chinese formula from Zhang Zhongjing's Jin Gui Yao Lue, combining Stephania tetrandra, astragalus, atractylodes, licorice, ginger, and jujube for wind-water edema; listed in China's 2023 classic formula catalogue.

Fangjiashan nuclear power plant

Fangjiashan nuclear power plant (方家山核电站) is an operating two-unit nuclear plant at Qinshan in China's Zhejiang province, built as an extension of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant I.

Fanglue (official campaign histories)

Fanglue (方略, Manchu bodogon i bithe) are the official Qing dynasty histories of major military campaigns, compiled by imperial history offices from edicts and memorials, beginning in 1682.

Fangqiu (autumn frontier defense) system

Fangqiu (防秋), the autumn defense, was the Tang dynasty's practice of concentrating heavy troops on the northwestern frontier each autumn, when Tibetan raids were most likely, and it continued into the Ming dynasty.

Fangs of Fortune (大梦归离)

Fangs of Fortune (大梦归离, Da Meng Gui Li; also Bai Ze Ling, The Story of Mystics) is a 2024 iQiyi Chinese fantasy drama, 34 episodes, starring Hou Minghao and Chen Duling, based on Shanhaijing demons, notable for virtual production and mixed Douban reception.

Fangshan stone sutras

The Fangshan stone sutras (房山石经) are a Buddhist canon carved in stone at Yunjusi near Zhuozhou, China, begun by the monk Jing Wan in the Sui dynasty.

Fangshan UNESCO Global Geopark

Fangshan UNESCO Global Geopark (中国房山联合国教科文组织世界地质公园), a 1,045 km² geopark on the Beijing-Hebei border with 3,500-million-year rock formations, the 1929 Peking Man discovery site, and eight scenic areas.

Fangtian ji (方天画戟)

The fangtian ji, or Fangtian Huaji, is a Chinese polearm with a spear point and crescent blades, known as the signature weapon of the warlord Lü Bu.

Fangtooth

Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta, common fangtooth, ogrefish), a small bathypelagic fish of Anoplogastridae found worldwide in tropical to temperate seas, with the largest teeth relative to body size of any fish, living at 500–2,000 m depth.

Fangtuo Bio (Fangtuo Biopharma)

Fangtuo Bio, known in Chinese as 芳拓生物 and internationally as Frontera Therapeutics, is a clinical-stage Chinese gene therapy company founded in 2019, developing rAAV therapies for ophthalmic and cardiovascular diseases.

Fanguo Gucheng Yizhi

番国故城遗址 (Fanguo ancient city site), Eastern Zhou rammed-earth city in Gushi County, Xinyang, Henan; inner and outer walls (13.5 km and 6.5 km perimeter), identified as the Pan state capital via the inscribed Hougudui chime bells, fifth-batch national heritage site (2001).

Fangyu Shenglan

Fangyu Shenglan (方舆胜览) is a 70-juan Southern Song geographic gazetteer compiled by Zhu Mu, preface dated 1239, arranged by the seventeen circuits and known for its scenic sites and poetry.

Fanhui Shi Weixing

Fanhui Shi Weixing (FSW), Chinese for "Recoverable Satellite," is a series of Chinese film-return reconnaissance satellites built by the China Academy of Space Technology, first successfully launched in 1975 and flown through 2005.

Fani Badayuni

Fani Badayuni (فانی بدایونی), born Shaukat Ali Khan, was an Urdu poet of Afghan descent known for poetry of despair, who spent his last decade in Hyderabad.

Fani Chalkia

Fani Chalkia (Φανή Χαλκιά), born in 1979 in Larisa, is a Greek hurdler who won the 400 meters hurdles gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Fani Kashmiri

Mulla Muhsin Fani (ملا محسن فانی کشمیری) was a Kashmiri Persian poet who served as chief judge of Allahabad under Shah Jahan and died in 1670–71.

Fani Willis

Fani Willis, Fulton County, Georgia district attorney since January 2021, first woman and first Black woman in the post; indicted Trump over 2020 election interference, was disqualified over the Nathan Wade relationship, and the case was dismissed in 2025.

Fania All-Stars

Fania All-Stars, the New York salsa supergroup of Fania Records formed in 1968 at the Red Garter by Johnny Pacheco and Jerry Masucci, famous for Live at the Cheetah, the 1973 and 1975 Yankee Stadium concerts, the Zaire show, and Live at Yankee Stadium.

Fanizani Akuda

Fanizani Akuda, also known as Fanizani Phiri, was a Zimbabwean Chewa stone sculptor of the first-generation Shona sculpture movement, known for smiling figures with slit eyes and whistler heads.

Fanjul Corp.

Fanjul Corp. is a privately held Florida holding company, incorporated in 1987 and based in West Palm Beach, that sits atop the Fanjul family's sugar and real estate group.

Fanling

Fanling (粉嶺) is a town in Hong Kong's North District, part of the Fanling/Sheung Shui New Town of about 250,000 people. Former market town at Luen Wo Hui; home to the Lung Yeuk Tau Tang clan walled villages and heritage trail.

FanMail

FanMail is the third studio album by TLC, released February 23, 1999. The futuristic record debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, sold six million copies, and secured three Grammy Awards.

Fanmi Lavalas

Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Creole for "Lavalas Family," is a Haitian political party founded by former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1997, carrying the progressive lineage of the Lavalas movement.

Fann Wong (范文芳)

Fann Wong (范文芳, born 1971) is a Singaporean actress, singer, and former model, famous as Xiaolongnü in the 1998 Singapore Return of the Condor Heroes, the youngest Star Awards Best Actress winner, and the first Singaporean actress in a Hollywood film (Shanghai Knights).

Fanne Foxe

Fanne Foxe, stage name of Annabel Battistella (1936–2021), Argentine-American striptease dancer whose 1974 Tidal Basin jump during a traffic stop with Congressman Wilbur Mills ended his career and made her famous.

Fannes–Audenaert inequality

The Fannes–Audenaert inequality is a sharp upper bound on the difference between the von Neumann entropies of two quantum states in terms of their trace distance, refining Mark Fannes' 1973 inequality.

Fanney Khan

Fanney Khan (फन्ने खां), 2018 Hindi musical comedy-drama directed by Atul Manjrekar, starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Rajkummar Rao; official remake of the Belgian film Everybody's Famous!, released 3 August 2018 and a box office flop.

Fannie Flagg

Fannie Flagg, born Patricia Neal in 1944, is an American actress, comedian, and novelist from Birmingham, Alabama, best known for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1987) and its Oscar-nominated 1991 film adaptation, plus later bestsellers and the 2025 story collection Something to Look Forward To.

Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), Mississippi voting rights activist, MFDP co-founder and vice chair, famed for her 1964 DNC Credentials Committee testimony; later founded Freedom Farm, NWPC founding member, posthumous 2025 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.