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water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
etiquette / ceremony
HSK 7-9
Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
scanner (device)
honorarium / gift as thanks
heaven and earth / yin and yang
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apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors
Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
night vision device
discourteous / failure of etiquette
Tao Zongyi (c. 1329-1410), Yuan dynasty scholar
globe
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
funeral ceremony
to admire
sextant
spectrometer; spectrograph
funeral / obsequies
infrared body thermometer / temperature gun
master of ceremonies (MC)
Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor
Tang Shaoyi (1862-1939), politician and diplomat
mass spectrometer
projector
sensor / detector
sacrificial ceremony / sacrificial offering
seismometer
radiation meter
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡 in 132
a gift of money to the family of the deceased
planetarium projector
ritual (Daoism) / scientific instrument (abbr. for 科學儀器|科学仪器)
gyroscope
armillary sphere (astronomy)
money gift at a funeral
equatorial mount (for a telescope)
interferometer (physics)
attire and grooming
survey meter
funeral
first-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked one level below the empress)
electronic equipment used to measure distance (e.g. a rangefinder, telemeter etc)
flight recorder / black box
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
lie detector; polygraph
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡 in 132 / abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪
ordinance
Anita Yuen (1971-), Hong Kong actress
to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies
protractor
theodolite
biological dosimeter
Ismail (name) / Shāh Ismāil I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
dashcam
ratemeter


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