| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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 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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| | 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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| | surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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| | abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经, the Book of Songs | |
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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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| | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | |
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| | song | |
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| | Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism | |
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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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| | (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song) | |
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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 Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) | |
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| | song lyric / lyrics | |
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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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| | ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters) | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经 | |
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| | Mincho / Song font | |
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| | to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) | |
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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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| | repertoire / program / song / piece of music | |
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| | to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody | |
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| | Song dynasty (960-1279) | |
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| | school song | |
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| | (literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize | |
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| | love song | |
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| | lofty / Mt Song in Henan | |
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| | imitation Song dynasty typeface / Fangsong font | |
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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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| | used mostly in 慫恿|怂恿 / (literary) terrified | |
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| | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL: 首 | |
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| | to continue (as a song) | |
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| | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | |
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| | to read aloud / to recite | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 | |
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| | Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封|开封, Henan | |
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| | Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 | |
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| | Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | |
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| | start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词 | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | |
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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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| | guzheng or long zither / long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times / Japanese koto | |
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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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| | love song | |
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| | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times) | |
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| | shepherd's song / pastoral | |
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| | The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song | |
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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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| | 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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| | music and song (formal writing) | |
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| | ballad / folk song | |
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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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| | Beijing opera (or styles of song in) / abbr. for 西皮二黃|西皮二黄 | |
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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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| | to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in 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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| | Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 | |
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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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| | respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane | |
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| | genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China | |
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| | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) | |
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| | popular song / folk tune / ballad | |
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| | Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893-1981), wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 | |
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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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| | triumphal hymn / victory song / paean | |
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| | song of cicadas / chirping of insects | |
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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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| | folk song / mountain song | |
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| | plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) | |
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| | Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands | |
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| | anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm | |
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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 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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| | Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories | |
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