| | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的｜跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | to sing a song | HSK 1 |
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| | song (CL: 首, 支) / (bound form) to sing | HSK 1 |
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| | word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL: 首) | HSK 2 |
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| | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable | HSK 2 |
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| | to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | HSK 3 |
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| | head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc | HSK 4 |
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| | to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem | HSK 5 |
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| | song | HSK 5 |
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| | song lyric / lyrics | HSK 6 |
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| | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | theme song | HSK 7-9 |
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| | triumphal hymn; victory song; paean | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge | HSK 7-9 |
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| | popular song / folk tune / ballad | HSK 7-9 |
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| | surname Song | |
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| | old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject | |
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| | abbr. for Shijing 詩經｜诗经, the Book of Songs | |
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| | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | |
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| | most perfect song | |
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| | theme song | |
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| | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) | |
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| | to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. 猱, wide vibrato) | |
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| | an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞 / used in 芭蕉 / used in transliteration | |
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| | (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song) | |
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| | malicious abuse / lewd song / evil reputation | |
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| | love song | |
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| | Mt Song in Henan | |
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| | school song | |
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| | to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts | |
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| | branch / stem / stalk / CL: 根 / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏, initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) | |
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| | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | |
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| | (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) | |
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| | imitation Song dynasty typeface / Fangsong font | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經｜五经 | |
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| | playlist / song sheet | |
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| | repertoire / program / song / piece of music | |
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| | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL: 首 | |
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| | Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII | |
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| | to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song | |
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| | surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋 | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | love song | |
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| | lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day | |
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| | magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge | |
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| | School of Principle / Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥｜程颢, Cheng Yi 程頤｜程颐 and Zhu Xi 朱熹) | |
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| | the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記｜礼记) | |
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| | Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲 or 霓裳羽衣舞 | |
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| | to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody | |
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| | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | |
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| | ballad / folk song | |
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| | Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤｜赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960 | |
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| | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times) | |
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| | Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | used in the title of an ancient song, 囉嗊曲｜啰唝曲 | |
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| | the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, Book of History 尚書｜尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮｜周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮｜仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記｜礼记, Book of Changes 易經｜易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳｜左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳｜公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳｜谷梁传, The Analects 論語｜论语, Erya 爾雅｜尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經｜孝经, Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories | |
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| | landmark used during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) | |
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| | rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有 or 沒｜没) way; idea | |
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| | the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, the Book of History 書經｜书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記｜礼记, the Book of Changes 易經｜易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance | |
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| | song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套, like houses) | |
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| | The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames | |
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| | On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞 | |
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| | start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞｜弹词 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 | |
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| | (literary) to end; to stop / one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 詞｜词 / classifier for songs or ci poems | |
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| | Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚, collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝｜汉朝 | |
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| | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山｜华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山｜恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan | |
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| | Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song | |
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| | (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display | |
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| | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業｜杨业 of warriors | |
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| | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) | |
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| | Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经, Book of History 尚書｜尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮｜仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經｜乐经, Book of Changes 易經｜易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China | |
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| | to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces | |
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| | Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty) | |
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| | the Song dynasty (960-1279) / refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279) | |
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| | stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡 | |
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| | to sing a song | |
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| | the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤｜赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty | |
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| | History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls | |
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| | part of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon | |
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| | the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵｜苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍｜苏辙) | |
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| | lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity | |
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| | Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls | |
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| | the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 and the Book of History 書經｜书经 | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践 | |
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| | storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary | |
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| | Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties) | |
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| | Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩 | |
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| | Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites | |
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| | Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | song and dance troupe | |
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