| | parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear | HSK 3 |
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| | guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general | HSK 5 |
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| | variant of 琴, guqin or zither | HSK 5 |
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| | diligent / industrious / hardworking / frequent / regular / constant | |
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| | used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin | |
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| | Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties | |
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| | guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers | |
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| | to press (with one's hand or finger) | |
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| | smiling countenance / bamboo rope | |
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| | (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease | |
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| | Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han | |
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| | to invade / to encroach / to infringe / to approach | |
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| | the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense | |
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| | surname Qin | |
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| | to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself | |
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| | Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor | |
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| | surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) | |
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| | fleet horse | |
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| | generic term for birds and animals / birds / to capture (old) | |
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| | the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty | |
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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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| | Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417) | |
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| | the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man | |
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| | Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer | |
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| | Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 | |
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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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| | loftiness (of mountain) | |
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| | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC | |
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| | Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author | |
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| | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides | |
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| | to capture | |
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| | ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds | |
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| | to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes) | |
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| | "Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦 | |
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| | Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu | |
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| | Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC) | |
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| | lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦 | |
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| | Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431) | |
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| | Qin county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi | |
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| | Phragmites japonica | |
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| | Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义 | |
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| | School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦 and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪 | |
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| | Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period | |
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| | Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1] | |
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| | Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞 | |
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| | Chinese celery | |
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| | pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC | |
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| | Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000 | |
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| | seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 | |
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| | Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties | |
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| | Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall | |
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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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| | Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy | |
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| | (bird) | |
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| | variant of 勤 / industrious / solicitous | |
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| | out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony | |
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| | leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips | |
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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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| | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC | |
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| | Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu | |
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| | to carve | |
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| | Artemisia apiacea | |
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| | Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国 | |
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| | Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) | |
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| | red silk crest of helmet | |
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| | Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty | |
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| | the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC | |
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| | surname Qin | |
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| | widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony | |
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| | the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts | |
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| | Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395) | |
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| | coverlet / quilt | |
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| | qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony | |
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| | Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor | |
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| | (literary) brave / worried / distressed | |
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| | heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body | |
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| | in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony | |
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| | small cicada with a square head | |
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| | variant of 琴, guqin or zither | |
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| | Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han | |
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| | Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty | |
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| | Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC | |
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| | Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer | |
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| | Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚 of Former Qin 前秦 | |
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| | the end of the Qin dynasty 207 BC | |
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| | Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC / same as 公孫起|公孙起 | |
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| | the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) | |
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| | Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China | |
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| | Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义 | |
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| | Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子 text on military strategy | |
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| | Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝 | |
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