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  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
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  *吓* | 吓* | *吓
to frighten / to scare
HSK 5
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  *瞎* | 瞎* | *瞎
blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose
HSK 7-9
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  *虾* | 虾* | *虾
shrimp / prawn
HSK 7-9
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  *夏* | 夏* | *夏
the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) / surname Xia
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  *夏* | 夏* | *夏
summer
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  *启* | 启* | *启
Qi son of Yu the Great , reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
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  *瑕* | 瑕* | *瑕
blemish / flaw in jade
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  *霞* | 霞* | *霞
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
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  *厦* | 厦* | *厦
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian
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  *侠* | 侠* | *侠
knight-errant / brave and chivalrous / hero / heroic
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  *祫* | 祫* | *祫
triennial sacrifice to ancestors
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  *峡* | 峡* | *峡
gorge
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  *辖* | 辖* | *辖
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) / (bound form) to govern; to have jurisdiction over
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  *匣* | 匣* | *匣
box
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  *狭* | 狭* | *狭
narrow / narrow-minded
Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
Xia county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)
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  *呷* | 呷* | *呷
to sip; to drink / Taiwan pr. [xia2]
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  *妺* | 妺* | *妺
wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty
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  *遐* | 遐* | *遐
distant / long-lasting / to abandon
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  *狎* | 狎* | *狎
(bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or sth / to treat frivolously
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  *桀* | 桀* | *桀
(emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel
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  *罅* | 罅* | *罅
crack / grudge
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  *黠* | 黠* | *黠
(phonetic) / crafty
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  *狭* | 狭* | *狭
old variant of 狹|狭
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  *陜* | 陜* | *陜
variant of 狹|狭 / variant of 峽|峡
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  *舺* | 舺* | *舺
boat / Taiwan pr. [jia3]
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  *柙* | 柙* | *柙
cage / pen / scabbard
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  *暇* | 暇* | *暇
leisure
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  *碬* | 碬* | *碬
whetstone
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  *蕸* | 蕸* | *蕸
water-lily leaves
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  *煆* | 煆* | *煆
a raging fire
Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
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  *丅* | 丅* | *丅
old variant of
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
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  *騢* | 騢* | *騢
(horse)
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  *鰕* | 鰕* | *鰕
variant of 蝦|虾
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  *舝* | 舝* | *舝
variant of 轄|辖
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  *鎋* | 鎋* | *鎋
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) (variant of 轄|辖)
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  *夓* | 夓* | *夓
old variant of
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠
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
Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝 archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師|偃师 in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan)
Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言 Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王
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  *硖* | 硖* | *硖
place name


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