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HSK
in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day
HSK 5
New Year's Day
HSK 5
New Year's Day
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学
female warrior role in Chinese opera
almond (loanword)
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
Fudan University, Shanghai
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long / day and night
Jordan River (in southwestern Asia)
Christmas and New Year's Day
Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学
Jordan (country)
starring female role in a Chinese opera
to make a solemn vow
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
female military role in a Chinese opera
ancient Indian name for China
Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
Satan or Shaitan
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦
to be at death's door (idiom)
Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
pomelo
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
the time just before daybreak
(literary) daybreak / dawn
(idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
almond (loanword)
female supporting actress in a Chinese opera
Satan, Devil king
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
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  *旦* | 旦* | *旦
(literary) dawn; daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
old woman role in Chinese opera
variant of 約旦|约旦
variant of 撒旦, Satan or Shaitan


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