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  *朝* | 朝* | *朝
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards
HSK 3
dynasty / reign (of a king)
HSK 7-9
towards
HSK 7-9
full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
HSK 7-9
one day / sometime in the future
HSK 7-9
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
HSK 7-9
to spend all one's time together (idiom)
HSK 7-9
Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
North Korea
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
court / imperial household / dynasty
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
tomorrow morning / the following morning
dynasty
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朝* | 朝* | *朝
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜 Korea
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朝* | 朝* | *朝
morning
Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun
the morning sun
Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
to worship / to make customary deferences to / a pilgrimage
North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1]
morning and night / all the time
Sui dynasty (581-617)
Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
the previous dynasty
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Northern Dynasties (386-581)
Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
to make a pilgrimage
Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝 / Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
(dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age
court dress in former times
early morning sunlight
lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up
toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam)
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral
to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
court councilor
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / transient
the current dynasty
laws and discipline of imperial court
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
(literary) tomorrow (morning)
North and South Korea
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
the current dynasty
the imperial court / the government in imperial times
vitality / dynamism
from dawn to dusk / all the time
to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam)
Southern Dynasties (420-589)
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
to have an audience (with the Emperor)
to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom)
all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people
serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
Asahi (Japanese place name, company name etc)
morning sun
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
the current imperial dynasty / one's own court
North and South Korea / bilateral Korean relations
Japan and Korea (esp. North Korea)
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
He Chao (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet
to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune
Korean War (1950-1953)
to visit North Korea
new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides
"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
reception room for officials (in former times)
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府
(derog.) the Chinese Communist regime (variant of 天朝 Celestial Empire, invented to circumvent censorship)
lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
pilgrim
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
North Korea-China
Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han
Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
Chaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
(falling or suspended) head downwards; headfirst; headlong
Mincho font
Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
face to the ground, back to the sky

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