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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
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  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
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  *后* | 后* | *后
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
HSK 1
goodbye / see you again later
HSK 1
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  *晚* | 晚* | *晚
evening / night / late
HSK 1
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
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  *总* | 总* | *总
(bound form) general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
(of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner
HSK 4
to arrive late
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
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  *迟* | 迟* | *迟
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another
HSK 5
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
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  *肝* | 肝* | *肝
liver (CL:葉|叶) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
HSK 6
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides
HSK 6
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]
HSK 6
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
HSK 7-9
later period / end stage / terminal
HSK 7-9
later generation
HSK 7-9
to stay up late or all night
HSK 7-9
late (with a task etc) / slow
HSK 7-9
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
very late at night
HSK 7-9
to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
HSK 7-9
sooner or later
HSK 7-9
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
one's later years
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
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  *赵* | 赵* | *赵
surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
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  *燕* | 燕* | *燕
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan
rivers and lakes / all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
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  *晋* | 晋* | *晋
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晉|西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西
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  *梁* | 梁* | *梁
Liang Dynasty (502-557) / Later Liang Dynasty (907-923) / surname Liang
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
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  *凉* | 凉* | *凉
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
Burgundy (Bourgogne), a medieval kingdom and later a powerful duchy, now a region of France
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
to misdiagnose / to be late in giving medical treatment
later generations
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process
the late / deceased
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
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  *晏* | 晏* | *晏
late / quiet
to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616)
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  *阑* | 阑* | *阑
railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late
ex-wife / late wife
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
late autumn
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝 / late Qing
to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time; a holdup
to leave early and return late (idiom)
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
midnight snack / late-night snack
to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
See you later!
to fall short of / not as good as / too late
Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤, reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金, then founded the Qing dynasty 大清 and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor / posthumous name 清太宗
end of month / late in the month
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to defer / to put off (until later) / to postpone
Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed
late at night / in the dead of night
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
soon after / later / then
Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
late Ming / first half of the 17th century
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动

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