| | of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send | HSK 2 |
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| | to sing a song | 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 4 |
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| | head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc | HSK 5 |
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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 5 |
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| | high tide / high water / upsurge / climax / orgasm / chorus (part of a song) | HSK 6 |
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| | to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering | HSK 6 |
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| | word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL: 組｜组, 個｜个 / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 / CL: 首 | |
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| | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | |
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| | song / CL: 支, 首 / to sing | |
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| | abbr. for Shijing 詩經｜诗经, the Book of Songs | |
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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 | |
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| | (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song) | |
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| | surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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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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| | song lyric / lyrics | |
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| | frightened | |
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| | ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters) | |
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| | surname Song | |
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| | loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) | |
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| | Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁 | |
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| | Jiading district of northwest Shanghai / final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗｜宁宗 | |
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| | song | |
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| | playlist / song sheet | |
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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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| | Mincho / Song font | |
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| | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL: 首 | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | used mostly in 慫恿｜怂恿 / (literary) terrified | |
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| | to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley | |
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| | Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk | |
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| | zither or guzheng / large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times | |
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| | ballad / folk song | |
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| | Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories | |
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| | the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) | |
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| | (literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize | |
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| | Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁 | |
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| | The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames | |
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| | Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡 northern Song Dynasty writer and calligrapher / one of the Three Su father and sons 三蘇｜三苏 and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家 | |
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| | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | |
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| | start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞｜弹词 | |
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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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| | name of a river in Jiangsu Province | |
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| | The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song | |
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| | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) | |
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| | to read aloud / to recite | |
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| | love song | |
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| | Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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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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| | 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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| | theme song | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | folk song / mountain song | |
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| | (neologism) (of movies, songs etc) affecting / touching / moving / (of a person, esp. a woman) charming / cool | |
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| | Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets | |
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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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| | imitation Song dynasty typeface / Fangsong font | |
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| | School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明｜王阳明) | |
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| | genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China | |
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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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| | Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽｜五岳 | |
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| | to chant / to recite / to moan / to groan / cry (of certain animals and insects) / song (ancient poem) | |
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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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| | to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) | |
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| | triumphal hymn / victory song / paean | |
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| | to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song | |
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| | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光｜司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls | |
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| | Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史｜辽史 and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托 | |
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| | Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general | |
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| | Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC) | |
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| | Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian | |
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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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| | litigation | |
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| | music and song (formal writing) | |
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| | to pass on a song | |
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| | song of cicadas / chirping of insects | |
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| | repertoire / program / song / piece of music | |
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| | most perfect song | |
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| | (literary) to decline / to wane / title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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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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| | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業｜杨业 of warriors | |
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| | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | |
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| | unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943) | |
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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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| | to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge | |
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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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| | Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher | |
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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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| | On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞 | |
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| | Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), Song poet and calligrapher | |
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| | lofty / Mt Song in Henan | |
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| | notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties | |
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