| | metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to state; to declare | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to display; to exhibit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 | |
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| | (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display / (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale | |
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| | Chen Xitong (1930-2013), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th June 1989 Tiananmen incident | |
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| | to present a petition; to submit an appeal; to express a grievance to an authority | |
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| | exhibition room; display room | |
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| | dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) | |
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| | to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths) | |
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| | to display; to exhibit; to set out / furnishings | |
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| | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | Old Barag Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls | |
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| | Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor | |
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| | (idiom) to be nothing to write home about | |
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| | to deploy troops; to mass troops | |
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| | mature vinegar | |
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| | (formal) to state one's views (esp. in court) / stale rhetoric; clichéd remarks | |
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| | to display | |
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| | to state; to assert | |
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| | the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty | |
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| | to say straight out / to point out bluntly / to give a straightforward account / to disclose | |
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| | traces of the past; vestiges; historical remains | |
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| | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate | |
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| | to state; to present; to set forth (a situation, opinion, grievance etc), often to an authority | |
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| | to reveal / to confess | |
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| | well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet | |
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| | declarative sentence | |
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| | to give an orderly account / a thorough narrative | |
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| | old rice (typically stored for over a year) | |
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| | Claire Lee Chennault (1890-1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, commander of the Flying Tigers 飛虎隊|飞虎队, a volunteer group that assisted China in resisting Japanese forces during World War II | |
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| | Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage | |
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| | outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways | |
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| | old stock; shopworn goods | |
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| | food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame) | |
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| | (idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions | |
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| | Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty | |
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| | outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways | |
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| | hackneyed formula; worn-out convention | |
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| | Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist | |
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| | Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor | |
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| | Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 | |
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| | Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志 | |
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| | Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义 | |
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| | Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier | |
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| | Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director | |
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| | Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传 | |
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| | Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese-born American actress and film director | |
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| | Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician | |
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| | Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director) | |
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| | Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), also known as Anna Chennault, Chinese-American writer and Republican politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德 | |
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| | Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor | |
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| | Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001) | |
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| | written statement; written declaration | |
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| | Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会 (2008-2013) | |
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| | to exhibit; to display / exhibition; display | |
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| | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
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| | Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝, died c. 110 BC | |
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| | Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008 | |
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| | Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong | |
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| | Lu Chen (1976-), Chinese figure skater, 1995 world champion | |
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| | with complex feelings (idiom) | |
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| | Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) | |
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| | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time | |
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| | to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior | |
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| | to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse | |
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| | to state one's humble opinion (idiom) | |
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| | tarragon | |
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| | to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate | |
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| | Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author | |
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| | Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星 | |
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| | Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism | |
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| | ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi / Chencang district of Baoji City | |
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| | Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi | |
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| | Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王, i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian | |
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| | Chen Chi-mai (1964-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice premier of the Republic of China (2019-) | |
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| | Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army | |
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| | display stand; showcase stall | |
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| | to age; to mature (wine, tea, cheese etc) | |
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| | Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist | |
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| | Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 | |
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| | to present a memorial (to the Emperor) | |
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| | (of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old; longstanding | |
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| | Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020 | |
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| | Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam | |
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| | Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet | |
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| | Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017 | |
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| | Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist | |
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| | Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 | |
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| | trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude | |
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| | old rules and customs | |
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| | cliché / commonplace / truism / stereotype | |
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| | lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip | |
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| | an old debt; a longstanding debt | |
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