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  *動* | 動* | *動
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词, verb
HSK 1
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  *東* | 東* | *東
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
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  *懂* | 懂* | *懂
to understand / to comprehend
HSK 2
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  *噹* | 噹* | *噹
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
HSK 2
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  *凍* | 凍* | *凍
to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly
HSK 5
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  *洞* | 洞* | *洞
cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *棟* | 棟* | *棟
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
HSK 7-9
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
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  *盾* | 盾* | *盾
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
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  *東* | 東* | *東
surname Dong
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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  *咚* | 咚* | *咚
(onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door)
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
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  *丼* | 丼* | *丼
(Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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  *崠* | 崠* | *崠
name of a mountain
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
(onom.) ding dong
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  *崬* | 崬* | *崬
place name in Guangxi province
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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  *侗* | 侗* | *侗
Dong ethnic group (aka Kam people)
Jianhe county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Jianhe county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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  *董* | 董* | *董
surname Dong
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  *董* | 董* | *董
to supervise / to direct / director
Jinping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Huangping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of 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
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Yuping Dong Autonomous County in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Rongjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Huangping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
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  *鶇* | 鶇* | *鶇
thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
Shibing county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Zhijiang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Jinping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Majiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County in Liuzhou 柳州市, Guangxi
Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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  *涷* | 涷* | *涷
rainstorm
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
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  *垌* | 垌* | *垌
field / farm / used in place names
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
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  *恫* | 恫* | *恫
frighten
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  *氡* | 氡* | *氡
radon (chemistry)
Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
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  *湩* | 湩* | *湩
milk / sound of a drum
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  *胴* | 胴* | *胴
large intestine / torso
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  *蝀* | 蝀* | *蝀
Shibing county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Taijiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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  *硐* | 硐* | *硐
variant of / cave / pit
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Liping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
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  *峒* | 峒* | *峒
cave / cavern
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
Rongjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
Dong opera
Xinhuang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past
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.
Vietnamese dong (currency)
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
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省
people of the Dong ethnic minority
Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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  *冬* | 冬* | *冬
winter
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of 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
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
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
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
Yuping Dong Autonomous County in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
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  *腖* | 腖* | *腖
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
Zhijiang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Majiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Liping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou

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