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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
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)
Korean War (1950-1953)
towards
HSK 7-9
full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
HSK 7-9
dynasty / reign (of a king)
HSK 7-9
morning and night / all the time
to spend all one's time together (idiom)
HSK 7-9
vitality / dynamism
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
Korean Peninsula
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
facing forwards
Korean nuclear problem
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]
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
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)
to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
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
North Korea-China
Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
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
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
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
"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China / same as 朝鮮族|朝鲜族
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
a North Korean; (in broader or historical usage) a Korean
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
Korean language
Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝 / Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
entrance portal (to a palace) / propylaeum
sunrise industry
a pilgrimage to a holy mountain
all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people
pilgrim
to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam)
TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger
abbr. for 朝鮮戰爭|朝鲜战争, Korean War (1950-1953)
to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)
to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
to worship / to make customary deferences to / a pilgrimage
early morning sunlight
Korean written language
reception room for officials (in former times)
lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom) / fig. to do nothing but eat and drink
King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367–1422), reigned 1400–1418
Korea Strait / Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
court dress in former times
morning dew, evening mist (idiom); ephemeral / impermanent
Chaoyang, a county in Chaoyang City 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning
to present tribute (to the emperor)
Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
morning rain
laws and discipline of imperial court
Chaoyang, an inner district of Beijing / Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市, Jilin / Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市, Guangdong
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / transient
Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
from dawn to dusk / all the time
variant of 朝廷


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