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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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  *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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  *嚇* | 嚇* | *嚇
to frighten / to scare
HSK 5
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
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  *罅* | 罅* | *罅
crack / grudge
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  *瞎* | 瞎* | *瞎
blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose
HSK 7-9
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  *舺* | 舺* | *舺
boat / Taiwan pr. [jia3]
Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
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  *霞* | 霞* | *霞
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
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  *俠* | 俠* | *俠
knight-errant / brave and chivalrous / hero / heroic
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  *啟* | 啟* | *啟
Qi son of Yu the Great , reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)
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  *廈* | 廈* | *廈
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian
Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC
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  *桀* | 桀* | *桀
(emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel
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  *瑕* | 瑕* | *瑕
blemish / flaw in jade
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
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
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  *柙* | 柙* | *柙
cage / pen / scabbard
Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
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  *峽* | 峽* | *峽
gorge
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
Xia County or Xiaxian, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市, Shanxi
Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝 archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師|偃师 in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan)
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  *暇* | 暇* | *暇
leisure
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  *蝦* | 蝦* | *蝦
shrimp / prawn
HSK 7-9
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  *碬* | 碬* | *碬
whetstone
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  *硤* | 硤* | *硤
place name
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  *遐* | 遐* | *遐
distant / long-lasting / to abandon
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  *煆* | 煆* | *煆
a raging fire
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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  *騢* | 騢* | *騢
(horse)
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  *匣* | 匣* | *匣
box
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  *狹* | 狹* | *狹
narrow / narrow-minded
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  *祫* | 祫* | *祫
triennial sacrifice to ancestors
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  *轄* | 轄* | *轄
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) / (bound form) to govern; to have jurisdiction over
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠
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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
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
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  *丅* | 丅* | *丅
old variant of
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 Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言 Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
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  *蕸* | 蕸* | *蕸
water-lily leaves
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  *狎* | 狎* | *狎
(bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or sth / to treat frivolously
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  *陜* | 陜* | *陜
variant of 狹|狭 / variant of 峽|峡
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  *鰕* | 鰕* | *鰕
variant of 蝦|虾
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  *黠* | 黠* | *黠
(phonetic) / crafty
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  *夓* | 夓* | *夓
old variant of
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  *舝* | 舝* | *舝
variant of 轄|辖
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  *陿* | 陿* | *陿
old variant of 狹|狭
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  *鎋* | 鎋* | *鎋
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) (variant of 轄|辖)


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