| | as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc | HSK 4 |
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| | CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) | HSK 4 |
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| | Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658 | |
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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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| | Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan | |
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| | provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) | |
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| | (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini) | |
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| | the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang | |
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| | the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties | |
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| | Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉, Former Han Dynasty | |
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| | surname Ba | |
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| | Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin / Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China | |
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| | fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 | |
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| | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇 / also Ngawa county | |
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| | Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国 / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋 (3rd century AD) | |
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| | forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) | |
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| | Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1] | |
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| | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) | |
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| | Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han | |
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| | Mt Ba in eastern Sichuan | |
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| | ad hoc / to set up specially | |
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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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| | the Sui dynasty (581-617 AD) / surname Sui | |
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| | disproof / rebuttal / reductio ad absurdum | |
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| | Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) | |
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| | the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) | |
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| | second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045 | |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China | |
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| | Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty | |
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| | Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD | |
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| | reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法 | |
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| | formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher | |
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| | landmark used during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) | |
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| | Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD) | |
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| | Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) | |
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| | Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家春秋 | |
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| | Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王 in 6th century AD | |
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| | Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名 | |
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| | Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书 | |
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| | Mani (3rd century AD), Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism | |
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| | Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han | |
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| | Gaya, a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea (42-532 AD) | |
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| | Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art | |
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| | last years of the Sui dynasty / early 7th century AD | |
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| | four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD | |
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| | Ba county in Tianjin | |
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| | The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD | |
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| | alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 and radium Ra 鐳|镭) | |
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| | (of a comedian) to seize on something sb has just said or done to make an ad lib joke | |
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| | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls | |
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| | Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD) | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries | |
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| | Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD | |
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| | Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) | |
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| | the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han | |
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| | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济 and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935 | |
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| | a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name) | |
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| | Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian | |
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| | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇 | |
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| | Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 in 1405 AD | |
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| | Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), aka 西漢|西汉 | |
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| | Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3] | |
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| | Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art | |
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| | Diophantus of Alexandria (3rd century AD), Greek mathematician | |
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| | reductio ad absurdum | |
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| | Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD | |
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| | Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script | |
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| | joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6 AD) | |
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| | ad hoc group (tour group with a customized itinerary) | |
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| | The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾 and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰 (Dharmaraksha) | |
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| | Quirinius, governor of Syria (c. 51 BC - AD 21) | |
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| | Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD | |
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| | Cen Peng (died 35 AD), Chinese general | |
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| | rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution | |
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| | Ba county in Chongqing 重慶市|重庆市, Sichuan | |
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| | Ba Maw | |
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| | ad space; ad slot | |
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| | ad-blocker | |
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| | Flavius (Roman historian of 1st century AD) | |
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| | derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合, derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai") | |
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| | variant of 扶餘|扶余 Korean: Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China | |
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| | Titus (1st century AD), Christian missionary, disciple of St. Paul | |
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| | slot advertisement / interstitial ad / splash ad | |
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| | Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言 | |
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| | Bachelor of Arts / B.A. / BA / A.B. / Artium Baccalaureus | |
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| | Bachelor of Arts B.A. | |
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| | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济 and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935 | |
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| | Tonyukuk (died c. 724 AD) | |
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| | riboflavin (vitamin B2) | |
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| | Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea | |
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| | late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) | |
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| | Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD) | |
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| | Asanga (Buddhist philosopher, c. 4th century AD) | |
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