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HSK
ethnic Chinese person or people
HSK 3
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
HSK 3
Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国
HSK 6
People's Republic of China
Chinese language
HSK 5
gorgeous
HSK 7-9
overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 7-9
East China
ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
HSK 7-9
Huawei (brand)
flourishing / bustling
HSK 7-9
Va Kio Daily
old name for China / Cathay
talent / CL:
HSK 7-9
North China Plain
Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
degrees Fahrenheit
Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955–1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织)
Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013
Republic of China
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
deluxe model
Hualong, a district of Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市, Henan
Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
HSK 7-9
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
(loanword) carnival
HSK 7-9
Wall Street Journal
South China Tiger
China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate
flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy
Huaxia Bank
Chenghua district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Warner Brothers
Wanhua District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Tsinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
(literary) beautiful writing
luxurious
HSK 7-9
fleeting years (idiom)
brilliance / splendor / magnificence
imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo
Chinese rural dog / indigenous dog / mongrel
Southern China
use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
to come to China
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
Jinhua, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer
to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
Huayin, a county-level city in Weinan City 渭南市, Shaanxi
brimming over with talent (esp. literary) / brilliant
lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom) / fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician
noble family / of Chinese ancestry
Asus (computer manufacturer)
limousine / luxury carriage
East China Normal University (ECNU)
Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan
Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer
Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社
central China
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
Warner Music Group
East China University of Science and Technology
(policy etc) towards China
overseas Chinese
East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学)
to discriminate against Chinese people / anti-Chinese (policy, sentiment etc) / Sinophobia
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
Wakin Chau (1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor
(idiom) simple; plain; unadorned
Washington Post (newspaper)
Warwick (name) / University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
Vancouver (city in Canada)
Washington, D.C. / the US federal government
Chinese language / Chinese script
Ottawa, capital of Canada
North China
Beijing Times, a Chinese-language daily newspaper based in Beijing, published by People's Daily 2001–2017
to take the best / to absorb the essence
glory and splendor
glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
early evening when lanterns are first lit
Washington D.C. (US federal capital)
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
Hua Guofeng (1921-2008), CCP Chairman 1976-1981
Wanhua District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
Xinhua District / Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei / Xinhua District of Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市, Hebei
waffle (loanword)
China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报)
luxurious / sumptuous / lavish

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