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  *講* | 講* | *講
to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture
HSK 2
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  *獎* | 獎* | *獎
prize; award; bonus; reward / (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise / to award; to give as a reward
HSK 4
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  *降* | 降* | *降
to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
HSK 4
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  *江* | 江* | *江
river / CL: 條|条,
HSK 4
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  *將* | 將* | *將
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
HSK 5
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  *醬* | 醬* | *醬
thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam
HSK 6
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  *僵* | 僵* | *僵
rigid / deadlock / stiff (corpse)
HSK 7-9
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  *薑* | 薑* | *薑
ginger
HSK 7-9
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  *殭* | 殭* | *殭
variant of
HSK 7-9
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  *姜* | 姜* | *姜
variant of 薑|姜
HSK 7-9
impassioned / worked up
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  *螿* | 螿* | *螿
cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)
Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 and creator of agriculture in China
Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
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  *強* | 強* | *強
stubborn / unyielding
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
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  *將* | 將* | *將
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
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  *蔣* | 蔣* | *蔣
surname Jiang / Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]
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  *匠* | 匠* | *匠
craftsman
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  *矼* | 矼* | *矼
stone bridge
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
(Internet slang) to have a simplistic view of sth (transcription of "too young, too simple" – English words spoken by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in chastizing Hong Kong reporters in 2000)
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
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  *漿* | 漿* | *漿
thick liquid / to starch
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  *疆* | 疆* | *疆
border / boundary
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  *槳* | 槳* | *槳
oar; paddle / CL: 隻|只
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  *絳* | 絳* | *絳
capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
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  *絳* | 絳* | *絳
purple-red
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  *姜* | 姜* | *姜
surname Jiang
Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block
Jiang county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
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  *弶* | 弶* | *弶
snare / to snare
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  *韁* | 韁* | *韁
bridle / reins / halter
Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
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  *奬* | 奬* | *奬
variant of 獎|奖
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  *顜* | 顜* | *顜
honest / upright
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  *膙* | 膙* | *膙
(bound form) callus
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  *漿* | 漿* | *漿
variant of
Jiang'an county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
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  *糨* | 糨* | *糨
(of soup, paste etc) thick
Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems
Jiang'an, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
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  *奨* | 奨* | *奨
Japanese variant of 獎|奖
gyonshi / jiang shi / Chinese vampire / zombie
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  *洚* | 洚* | *洚
flood
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  *江* | 江* | *江
surname Jiang / (bound form) Yangtze River / (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏)
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  *茳* | 茳* | *茳
used in 茳芏
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  *礓* | 礓* | *礓
a small stone
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  *彊* | 彊* | *彊
variant of 強|强
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  *豇* | 豇* | *豇
cowpeas / black-eyed beans
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  *耩* | 耩* | *耩
to plow / to sow
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  *繮* | 繮* | *繮
variant of 韁|缰
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
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  *夅* | 夅* | *夅
old variant of
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  *犟* | 犟* | *犟
variant of 強|强
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  *匞* | 匞* | *匞
old variant of
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  *畺* | 畺* | *畺
old variant of
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
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  *塂* | 塂* | *塂
(dialect) hill
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  *醤* | 醤* | *醤
Japanese variant of 醬|酱
Jiang Wenli (1969-), award-winning PRC film actress
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  *橿* | 橿* | *橿
Quercus glauca
Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民 eight propositions on developing relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, presented in a 1995 speech
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
Wolf Totem, novel by Lü Jiamin 呂嘉民|吕嘉民 aka Jiang Rong 姜戎
the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎, Chinese writer
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Jiang Rong (1946-), pseudonym of Lü Jiamin 呂嘉民|吕嘉民, Chinese writer
Jiang'an county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家


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