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


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