| | 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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| | song (CL: 首, 支) / (bound form) to sing | HSK 1 |
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| | to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with | HSK 1 |
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| | to sing a song | 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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| | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable | 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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| | head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc | HSK 4 |
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| | loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) | HSK 4 |
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| | song | HSK 5 |
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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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| | song lyric / lyrics | HSK 6 |
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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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| | 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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| | theme song | HSK 7-9 |
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| | triumphal hymn; victory song; paean | HSK 7-9 |
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| | another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史 | |
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| | school song | |
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| | notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties | |
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| | Su Yijian (958-997), Northern Song writer and poet | |
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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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| | (music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album | |
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| | folk-song / forced labor | |
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| | Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏 and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | |
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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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| | rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有 or 沒|没) way; idea | |
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| | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL: 首 | |
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| | History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书) | |
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| | famous song / well-known piece of music | |
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| | Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 | |
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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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| | ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters) | |
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| | start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词 | |
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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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| | Mincho / Song font | |
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| | Zhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗 (reigned 1127-1162) | |
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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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| | song | |
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| | Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 | |
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| | to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. 猱, wide vibrato) | |
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| | Cheng Hao (1032-1085), Song neo-Confucian scholar | |
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| | abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经, the Book of Songs | |
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| | Jiading district of northwest Shanghai / final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗 | |
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| | the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) | |
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| | (onom.) sound of water | |
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| | Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960 | |
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| | Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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| | to pass on a 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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| | Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 | |
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| | surname Song | |
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| | Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉, 1000 scrolls | |
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| | repertoire / program / song / piece of music | |
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| | "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞 | |
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| | (literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | Guo Maoqian (11th century), Song dynasty editor of the Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads 樂府詩集|乐府诗集 | |
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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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| | (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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| | Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing | |
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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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| | failed reform of Northern Song government in 1043 | |
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| | to record (songs, albums, CDs etc) / to cast (plaster, metal etc) into a mold | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 | |
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| | song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套, like houses) | |
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| | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing / also known as Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋 | |
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| | Song County or Songxian, a county in Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市, Henan | |
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| | On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 | |
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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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| | (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a 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 Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经 | |
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| | frightened | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 | |
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| | name of a river in Jiangsu Province | |
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| | to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song | |
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| | Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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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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| | ballad / folk song | |
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| | songs | |
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| | Mt Song in Henan | |
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| | (literary) (of mountains) lofty | |
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| | an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 / used in 芭蕉 / used in transliteration | |
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| | most perfect song | |
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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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| | anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm | |
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| | love song | |
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| | to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody | |
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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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| | sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) | |
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| | used in 慫恿|怂恿 / (literary) terrified | |
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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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| | song of cicadas / chirping of insects | |
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| | Song dynasty (960-1279) | |
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| | to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering | |
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