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  *当* | 当* | *当
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
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Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
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shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
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  *董* | 董* | *董
surname Dong
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  *东* | 东* | *东
surname Dong
Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Zhijiang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
(onom.) ding dong
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  *冬* | 冬* | *冬
surname Dong
Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
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  *侗* | 侗* | *侗
Dong ethnic group (aka Kam people)
Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) / fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, in Liuzhou City 柳州市, Guangxi
Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
people of the Dong ethnic minority
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Kaili, a county-level city in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Vietnamese dong (currency)
Huangping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
Liping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Jinping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Cengong, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
Congjiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Rongjiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Yuping Dong Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Zhenyuan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Majiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Sansui, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dong opera
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Jianhe, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Zhijiang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Danzhai, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Taijiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Tianzhu, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Shibing, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
Leishan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省


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