| | parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear | HSK 3 |
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| | guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general | HSK 5 |
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| | variant of 琴, guqin or zither | HSK 5 |
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| | the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties | |
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| | to seep / to percolate | |
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| | Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC) | |
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| | Former Qin (351–395), a dynastic state of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period | |
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| | Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義｜陈胜吴广起义 | |
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| | Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區｜郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan | |
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| | surname Qin / Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 / short name for 陝西｜陕西 | |
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| | Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜｜白香词谱 | |
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| | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻｜荆轲 in 227 BC | |
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| | diligent; industrious; hardworking / frequent; regular; constant / (bound form) work; duty; attendance | |
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| | used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin | |
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| | surname Qin | |
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| | to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself | |
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| | Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) | |
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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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| | the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | to invade / to encroach / to infringe / to approach | |
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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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| | Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han | |
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| | guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers | |
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| | Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國｜秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝 | |
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| | surname Qin | |
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| | Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han | |
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| | Chinese celery | |
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| | surname Di / variant of 狄, generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | to capture | |
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| | pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC | |
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| | (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease | |
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| | variant of 勤 / industrious / solicitous | |
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| | qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony | |
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| | the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty | |
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| | coverlet / quilt | |
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| | Qin county in Changzhi 長治｜长治, Shanxi | |
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| | ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds | |
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| | Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills | |
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| | (literary) brave / worried / distressed | |
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| | widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony | |
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| | fleet horse | |
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| | to press (with one's hand or finger) | |
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| | Fu Jian (338-385), emperor of Former Qin 前秦, reigning from 357-385 | |
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| | the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts | |
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| | smiling countenance / bamboo rope | |
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| | to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense | |
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| | to carve | |
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| | Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties | |
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| | Artemisia apiacea | |
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| | red silk crest of helmet | |
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| | (bound form) birds; fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of 擒 | |
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| | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides | |
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| | bright | |
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| | Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty | |
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| | the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man | |
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| | loftiness (of mountain) | |
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| | Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer | |
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| | variant of 琴, guqin or zither | |
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| | Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家｜纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣｜高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao | |
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| | Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛｜岳飞 | |
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| | Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) | |
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| | Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅｜苻坚 of Former Qin 前秦 | |
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| | Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor | |
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| | Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC | |
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| | lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家｜诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋｜吕不韦 | |
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| | Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy | |
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| | Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao | |
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| | Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義｜陈胜吴广起义 | |
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| | "Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦｜苏秦 | |
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| | Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國｜秦国, subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政, who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 | |
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| | Qin'an, a county in Tianshui City 天水市, Gansu | |
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| | Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431) | |
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| | Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國｜秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period | |
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| | heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body | |
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| | Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國｜秦国, the victor at 長平｜长平 in 260 BC / same as Bai Qi 白起 | |
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| | Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國｜秦国, the victor at 長平｜长平 in 260 BC / same as 公孫起｜公孙起 | |
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| | Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall | |
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| | Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer | |
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| | the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) | |
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| | Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國｜秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination | |
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| | the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC | |
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| | in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony | |
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| | School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦｜苏秦 and Zhang Yi 張儀｜张仪 | |
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| | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻｜荆轲 in 227 BC | |
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| | Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1] | |
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| | Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍｜秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000 | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践 | |
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| | Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of the poem "A Poor Woman" 貧女｜贫女 | |
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| | Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公｜夏黄公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author | |
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| | Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子｜尉缭子 text on military strategy | |
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| | Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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