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Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
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man
Han ethnic group
Old Chinese (linguistics)
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty
Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
Beckenham or Beckham (name) / David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm
Wuhan University
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province 湖北省
bachelor; single man
Hamburg (German city)
(loanword) hamburger
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
molester (loanword from Japanese "chikan") / idiot / fool
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
Han Dynasty
burly fellow
white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
hero / strong and courageous person / CL: 條|条
Nottingham (city in England)
traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement) / clothing styles of the Han dynasty
(loanword) hamburger
man (i.e. manly, masculine)
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
to commit adultery (of married woman)
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls
masculine woman
heroes
Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
Han River
the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传)
(of a woman) to take a lover
Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭, (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
Hanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
(coll.) he-man
(idiom) dauntless; courageous; spirited
Sino-Tibetan language family
traitor (to China)
Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院 internationally / abbr. to 漢辦|汉办
Chinese and English two-way translation
Milky Way / also called 銀河|银河
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
to sinicize / sinicization / (software) Chinese localization
Hanyang, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty / (fig.) a sumptuous banquet
bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty
Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990
Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors
man / fellow / (dialect) husband
peasant / farmer
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
(idiom) burly chap; husky fellow
Jianghan, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉, Former Han Dynasty
woman's lover
boor
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
Hanzhong, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
Han Chinese person or people
Hanover
Buckingham Palace
Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区
overbearing fiend
idle fellow / lazybones
lit. the river that divides Chu and Han / fig. a line that divides rival territories / the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
calligraphic style of Chinese characters / typeface / font
institute of Sinology / faculty of Sinology
tramp / wanderer
Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea
sorcerer
(Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉)
Han ethnic group
Southern Han
Guanghan, a county-level city in Deyang City 德陽市|德阳市, Sichuan
Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine

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