| | to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially | HSK 2 |
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| | week / weekly / variant of 周 | HSK 2 |
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| | congee / gruel / porridge / CL: 碗 | HSK 6 |
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| | to wrinkle / wrinkled / to crease | HSK 7-9 |
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| | incantation / magic spell / curse / malediction / to revile / to put a curse on sb | |
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| | continent / island in a river | |
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| | surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces | |
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| | surname Xue / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) | |
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| | axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc | |
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| | divine horse | |
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| | surname Ji / family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代 (1046-256 BC) | |
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| | surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) | |
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| | elbow / pork shoulder | |
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| | daytime | |
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| | helmet / descendants | |
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| | Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周｜东周 (770-221 BC) | |
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| | surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 | |
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| | twittering of birds | |
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| | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | |
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| | Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong | |
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| | formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku | |
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| | chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus) / alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國｜楚国 | |
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| | the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭｜新郑, a county-level city in Henan / surname Zheng / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州｜郑州, the capital of Henan | |
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| | to make up (a story) / Taiwan pr. [zou1] | |
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| | King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發｜姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC | |
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| | strong wine | |
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| | (literary) to curse / to deceive / to lie | |
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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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| | state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou | |
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| | Yu, Zhou Dynasty vassal state, in present-day Linyi 臨沂｜临沂, Shandong / surname Yu | |
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| | Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state / surname Qi | |
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| | (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw | |
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| | Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics | |
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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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| | the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism) | |
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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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| | Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 | |
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| | to grieve / sorrowful | |
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| | Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲 (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director | |
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| | Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 | |
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| | Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕｜后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan | |
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| | surname Zou / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong | |
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| | surname Cheng / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE) vassal state | |
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| | Zhou Youguang (1906-2017), PRC linguist, considered the father of Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音｜汉语拼音 | |
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| | boat | |
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| | three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
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| | Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4 | |
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| | sudden / unexpected / abrupt / suddenly / Taiwan pr. [zou4] | |
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| | Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) | |
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| | the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards / Xionites (Central Asian nomads) | |
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| | central of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies | |
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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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| | Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan | |
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| | prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) | |
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| | eternity / (geology) eon | |
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| | Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅｜鲁迅 | |
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| | vassal state of Zhou in Shandong / Teng County in Shandong / surname Teng | |
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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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| | crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail) | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | beak of bird / peck at | |
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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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| | Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂｜纣, then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周 dynasty | |
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| | surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state | |
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| | Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province | |
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| | Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝, located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東｜山东, birthplace of Confucius | |
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| | surname Zhou | |
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| | (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) | |
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| | Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India | |
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| | King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 the first Zhou dynasty king | |
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| | fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰｜赤壁之战 | |
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| | Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封｜开封 | |
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| | Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar | |
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| | King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周, son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 | |
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| | the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯｜商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王 | |
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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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| | History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls | |
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| | Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China | |
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| | crepe / wrinkle | |
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| | 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty | |
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| | Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕｜后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) | |
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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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| | Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來｜周恩来 | |
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| | surname Xu / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-221 BC) | |
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| | Haojing (in modern Shaanxi, northwest of Chang'an county), capital of Western Zhou from c. 1050 BC | |
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| | lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王｜商纣王 in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy | |
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| | (feminine name) | |
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| | to give to the needy / to bestow alms / charity | |
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| | King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周 | |
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| | King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC) | |
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| | Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet | |
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| | surname Kui / Zhou Dynasty vassal state | |
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| | Zhou Chu (236-297), Jin dynasty general | |
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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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| | Zhou Dynasty capital / surname Feng | |
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| | surname Zeng / Zhou vassal state / also pr. [Ceng2] | |
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