| | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的｜跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable | HSK 2 |
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| | song (CL: 首, 支) / (bound form) to sing | HSK 1 |
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| | word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL: 首) | HSK 2 |
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| | to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | HSK 3 |
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| | to sing a song | HSK 1 |
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| | song lyric / lyrics | HSK 6 |
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| | hit song | |
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| | song | HSK 5 |
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| | battle song | |
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| | lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom) / fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence | |
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| | to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem | HSK 5 |
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| | Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲 or 霓裳羽衣舞 | |
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| | surname Song | |
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| | Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經｜五经 | |
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| | (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) | |
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| | head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc | HSK 4 |
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| | old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject | |
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| | theme song | HSK 7-9 |
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| | love song | |
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| | Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄｜过庭录 | |
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| | Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄｜橘录 | |
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| | historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書｜后汉书 | |
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| | to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song) | |
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| | (music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album | |
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| | theme song | |
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| | Beijing opera (or styles of song in) / abbr. for 西皮二黃｜西皮二黄 | |
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| | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
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| | Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡, Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇｜三苏 and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家 | |
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| | branch / stem / stalk / CL: 根 / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏, initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) | |
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| | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times) | |
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| | lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help | |
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| | to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley | |
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| | Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | |
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| | to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts | |
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| | Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician | |
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| | song and dance troupe | |
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| | The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song | |
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| | The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames | |
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| | triumphal hymn; victory song; paean | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動｜古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇｜三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏｜曾巩 | |
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| | Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山｜孙中山, influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 | |
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| | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | |
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| | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) | |
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| | to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Mincho / Song font | |
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| | School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明｜王阳明) | |
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| | Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher | |
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| | variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) | |
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| | folk song / mountain song | |
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| | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | popular song / folk tune / ballad | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒｜资治通鉴 | |
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| | surname Song / the Song dynasty (960–1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋 | |
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| | genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers | |
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| | Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) | |
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| | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / (music) minor key | |
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| | Song Ci (1186–1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄｜洗冤集录 (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text | |
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| | composer / song writer | |
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| | Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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| | Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談｜梦溪笔谈 | |
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| | (coll.) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now; to be nothing special anymore; to have lost its novelty | |
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| | bubblegum pop song / cover song | |
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| | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山｜华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山｜恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan | |
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| | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | |
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| | Song dynasty (960-1279) | |
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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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| | Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet | |
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| | Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian | |
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| | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業｜杨业 of warriors | |
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| | Eurovision Song Contest | |
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| | magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge | |
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| | ballad / folk song | |
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| | near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times) | |
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| | jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person | |
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| | the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) | |
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| | to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine | |
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| | Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275 | |
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| | Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳｜水浒传, whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands | |
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| | Lu You (1125–1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets | |
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| | to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記｜岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹) | |
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| | Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封｜开封, Henan | |
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| | the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記｜礼记) | |
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| | to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song | |
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| | love song | |
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| | Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism | |
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| | to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance | |
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| | song contest | |
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| | Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces | |
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| | Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 | |
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| | Bayan (name) / Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239 / Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician | |
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| | the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, Book of History 尚書｜尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮｜周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮｜仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記｜礼记, Book of Changes 易經｜易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳｜左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳｜公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳｜谷梁传, The Analects 論語｜论语, Erya 爾雅｜尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經｜孝经, Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician | |
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| | (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display | |
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| | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
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