| | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | HSK 4 |
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| | (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | HSK 4 |
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| | prince / son of a king | HSK 6 |
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| | court (of king or emperor) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | dynasty / reign (of a king) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周, and is also known as the "God of Dreams" | |
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| | to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將｜将 | |
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| | (bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | |
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| | devil king / evil person | |
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| | King Kong | |
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| | to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise | |
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| | ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) | |
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| | lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥｜将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran | |
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| | Dragon King (mythology) | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell / (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
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| | (used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we") / (literary) omen | |
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| | posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 | |
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| | sovereign king | |
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| | king's palace / throne hall | |
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| | Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher | |
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| | palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | the king of hell | |
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| | the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 | |
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| | king / magnate / person having expert skill in something | |
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| | Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王｜商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 紂｜纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse) | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent | |
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| | Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented | |
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| | Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空｜孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞｜莎士比亚 | |
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| | commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess | |
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| | lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐｜勾践), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge | |
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| | title of king / kingship | |
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| | Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王 and one of the famous Chinese beauties | |
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| | to force the king or emperor to abdicate | |
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| | Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛｜纣辛 | |
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| | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐｜勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu | |
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| | to submit a report to the king / to talk to the king | |
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| | great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha | |
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| | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 闔廬｜阖庐 | |
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| | (literary) king; monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避) | |
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| | Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC | |
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| | to depose (a king) | |
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| | Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645) | |
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| | tomb (of king or emperor) | |
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| | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) | |
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| | (King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia) | |
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| | Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳｜吴 in the Three Kingdoms period | |
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| | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology) | |
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| | Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦｜毛遂自荐 | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC | |
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| | form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王｜商纣王 in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire | |
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| | Saul (name) / biblical king around 1000 BC | |
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| | rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck | |
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| | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia | |
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| | King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle | |
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| | Asa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism) | |
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| | The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel) / ChthoniC (Taiwanese metal band) | |
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| | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國｜太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity) | |
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| | Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) | |
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| | King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | You Meng, famous court jester during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, known for his intelligence and sharp tongue | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | to depose (a king) | |
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| | to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king | |
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist | |
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| | counselor of king or feudal warlord / henchman | |
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| | Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22 | |
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| | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 闔閭｜阖闾 | |
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| | Charlemagne (c. 747-c. 814), King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor from 800 | |
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| | King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠｜七龙珠 | |
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| | King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) | |
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| | King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology | |
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| | Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王 who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝 of ancient China | |
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| | King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant | |
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| | King-to Nin Jiom, or just Nin Jiom, manufacturer of 枇杷膏 cough medicine | |
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| | Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016 | |
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| | King Min of Qi (reigned 323-284 BC) | |
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| | Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空｜孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜 concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death | |
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| | Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty | |
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| | Burger King (fast food restaurant) | |
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| | Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty | |
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| | Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao | |
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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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| | Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆, attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 but probably dating from c. 500 BC | |
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| | heavenly punishment / king's punishment | |
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| | Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜｜六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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