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culture / civilization / cultural / CL: 個|个, 種|种
HSK 3
civilized / civilization / culture / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国
HSK 6
Eastern civilization
remote / far from civilization
HSK 7-9
summit / apex / pinnacle (of one's career etc) / peak (of a civilization etc)
HSK 7-9
Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
HSK 7-9
cradle (for a baby) / (fig.) cradle; birthplace (of a civilization, movement etc)
HSK 7-9
ancient civilization
Maya (civilization)
Mesopotamian civilization
lifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
(old) outside the sphere of civilization
Minoan (civilization on Crete)
Maya (civilization of central America)
the dark ages before civilization / limitless reaches / vague and confused
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军
Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
Moenjo-daro, capital of Indus valley civilization c. 2000 BC, Sind province, Pakistan, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China


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