| | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 1 |
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| | to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person) | HSK 2 |
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| | to keep in the mouth / to contain | HSK 4 |
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| | perspiration / sweat / CL: 滴, 頭｜头, 身 / to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection) | HSK 5 |
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| | drought | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to weld / to solder | HSK 7-9 |
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| | South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和) | |
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| | envelope / case / letter | |
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| | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖｜汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site | |
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| | Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south | |
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| | to ward off (a blow) / to withstand / to defend | |
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| | surname Han | |
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| | writing brush / writing / pen | |
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| | Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國｜大韩民国 / surname Han | |
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| | to contain / to include / culvert | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze | |
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| | chief accounting officer / controller / comptroller / (Han Dynasty) treasurer | |
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| | Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima | |
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| | cold / poor / to tremble | |
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| | ocean / vastness | |
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| | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關｜玉门关) | |
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| | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) | |
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| | rare | |
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| | Hans (name) / Reims (city in France) | |
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| | Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | white tiger | |
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| | "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生 | |
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| | Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢｜武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei | |
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| | surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Emperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC | |
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| | to shake / to vibrate | |
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| | the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國｜三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢｜蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province | |
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| | heroic / intrepid / valiant / dauntless / fierce / ferocious / violent | |
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| | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 | |
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| | silly / simple-minded / foolish / naive / sturdy / tough / heavy (of rope) | |
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| | original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 | |
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| | Han ethnic group | |
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| | sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics | |
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| | reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty | |
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| | 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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| | snore / to snore | |
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| | pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name | |
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| | the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏) | |
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| | Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties | |
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| | another name for Han Fei 韓非｜韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非｜韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖｜汉高祖 / fig. majestic | |
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| | divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) | |
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| | Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country | |
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| | Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 | |
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| | Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC) | |
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| | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢｜汉 | |
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| | History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄｜范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | master craftsman / Han dynasty official title | |
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| | place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] | |
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| | Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty | |
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| | common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian | |
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| | Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚, collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝｜汉朝 | |
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| | Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards) | |
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| | surname Han / Taiwan pr. [Gan3] | |
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| | government post in Han dynasty | |
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| | Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2] | |
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| | choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 is also known as 韓昌黎｜韩昌黎, where 韓｜韩 is his surname and 昌黎 is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡.) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | the Han river in Guangdong | |
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| | the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han | |
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| | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) | |
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| | Han Chinese person or people | |
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| | Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, first published during the Han Dynasty | |
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| | the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty / (fig.) a sumptuous banquet | |
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| | jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school | |
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| | History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄｜赵晔, 10 extant scrolls | |
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| | lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) | |
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| | (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) | |
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| | nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣｜李广 | |
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| | (Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital | |
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| | lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. (endure) utter humiliation | |
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| | Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles | |
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| | Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu | |
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| | interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine) | |
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| | military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han / transverse flute / to play such a flute | |
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| | intoxicated | |
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| | Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in 2nd century | |
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| | Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國｜五胡十六国 | |
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| | miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han) | |
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| | Han ethnic group | |
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| | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han | |
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| | imperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty | |
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| | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
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| | Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls | |
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