| | 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 |
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| | Russia, China and North Korea | |
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| | 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 |
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| | toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam) | |
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| | Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603 | |
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| | Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | |
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| | Korean War (1950-1953) | |
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| | Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC) | |
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| | the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC | |
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| | to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can | |
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| | to transition to a new dynasty or regime | |
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| | towards | HSK 7-9 |
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| | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) | |
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| | dynasty / reign (of a king) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) | |
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| | upside down / upturned | |
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| | morning and night / all the time | |
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| | a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August | |
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| | new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides | |
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| | to spend all one's time together (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off | |
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| | sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) | |
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| | Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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| | vitality / dynamism | |
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| | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth | |
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| | Korean Peninsula | |
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| | Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | |
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| | one day / sometime in the future | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan | |
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| | to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up | |
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| | chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var) | |
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| | court / imperial household / dynasty | |
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| | Northern Dynasties (386-581) | |
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| | Southern Dynasties (420-589) | |
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| | facing forwards | |
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| | Korean nuclear problem | |
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| | (dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age | |
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| | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides | |
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| | Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper) | |
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| | North and South Korea | |
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| | North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1] | |
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| | to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways | |
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| | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
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| | (literary) tomorrow (morning) | |
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| | court councilor | |
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| | hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters | |
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| | Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) | |
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| | Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | |
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| | lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom) | |
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| | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence | |
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| | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC) | |
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| | South Korea | |
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| | Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper | |
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| | the current dynasty | |
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| | Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) | |
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| | morning | |
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| | to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun | |
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| | the morning sun | |
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| | (idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time | |
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| | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) | |
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| | the imperial court / the government in imperial times | |
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| | Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC) | |
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| | North Korea | |
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| | Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC | |
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| | North Korea-China | |
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| | Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan | |
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| | the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea | |
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| | to visit North Korea | |
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| | Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287 | |
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| | the previous dynasty | |
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| | Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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| | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth | |
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| | Asahi (Japanese place name, company name etc) | |
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| | morning sun | |
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| | every day (archaic) | |
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| | to make a pilgrimage | |
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| | North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) / abbr. to 朝中社 | |
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| | Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858) | |
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| | Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392 | |
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| | cautious and diligent all day long (idiom) | |
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| | dynasty | |
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| | backwards / facing back | |
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| | to have an audience (with the Emperor) | |
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| | Chaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省 | |
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| | morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral | |
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| | to hold a court audience / to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent) | |
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| | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) | |
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| | tomorrow morning / the following morning | |
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| | "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 | |
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| | talks on North Korea's nuclear program | |
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| | Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD | |
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| | Six Dynasties (220-589) | |
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