| | name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people | HSK 2 |
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| | life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc | HSK 6 |
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| | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農｜神农 Farmer God | |
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| | bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods | |
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| | to engrave / inscribed motto | |
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| | to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) | |
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| | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) | |
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| | the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) | |
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| | to restore the Ming dynasty | |
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| | Thea sinensis / young leaves of tea | |
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| | dark / deep / stupid / the underworld | |
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| | the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties | |
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| | (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員｜增广生员) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received | |
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| | sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties | |
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| | Jingtai county in Baiyin 白銀｜白银, Gansu / Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺｜朱祁钰 (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457, temple name 代宗 | |
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| | old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) | |
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| | Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖 | |
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| | Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402 | |
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| | provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties) | |
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| | (literary) archive room; library (esp. in the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing dynasties) | |
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| | reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619) | |
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| | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | |
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| | Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂｜永乐 | |
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| | Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮｜朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗 | |
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| | Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭 | |
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| | Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing | |
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| | Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content | |
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| | to drizzle / sea | |
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| | Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗 | |
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| | Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市｜秦皇岛市, Hebei | |
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| | the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing) | |
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| | Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera | |
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| | Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province) | |
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| | border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) | |
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| | History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉｜张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls | |
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| | Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum | |
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| | Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖 | |
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| | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times | |
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| | dark | |
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| | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
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| | verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing | |
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| | form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty | |
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| | Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基 (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗 | |
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| | Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘 (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝宗 | |
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| | to close (the eyes) | |
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| | the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) | |
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| | History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls | |
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| | Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 | |
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| | near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times) | |
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| | xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate | |
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| | place name | |
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| | Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) | |
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| | Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units | |
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| | name of a river | |
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| | late Ming / first half of the 17th century | |
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| | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) | |
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| | the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing | |
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| | Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, a World Heritage site | |
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| | Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) | |
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| | Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer | |
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| | official robe worn by ministers during the Ming 明 (1368-1644) and Qing 清 (1644-1911) dynasties | |
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| | security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) | |
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| | lucky place | |
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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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| | xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害 / the designation for a punishment | |
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| | space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes | |
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| | Chinese quince | |
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| | Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 | |
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| | Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author | |
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| | Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing | |
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| | Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫｜刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius | |
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| | Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer | |
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| | late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥｜张溥 and others | |
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| | Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar | |
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| | Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards | |
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| | Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 | |
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| | Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學｜心学 | |
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| | Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity | |
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| | Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing | |
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| | Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳｜水浒后传 | |
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| | Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing Dynasties | |
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| | Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和｜郑和 | |
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| | Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮竇伯｜冯窦伯 | |
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| | Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤｜努尔哈赤 crushed four Ming armies | |
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| | Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社｜复社 cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記｜五人墓碑记 | |
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| | Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition | |
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| | Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 | |
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| | Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統｜正统 | |
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| | Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記｜徐霞客游记 | |
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| | Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician | |
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| | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇, reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基, reigned 712-756 | |
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| | Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武 | |
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| | Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee | |
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| | (Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit 道), aka taotai and circuit intendant | |
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| | Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目｜本草纲目 | |
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| | the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河 in the late Ming or early Qing | |
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| | Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term) | |
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