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

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