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他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
世纪 | shì jì | century / CL:個|个[ge4] |
年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] |
近代 | jìn dài | the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) |
旗袍 | qí páo | cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits |
广雅 | Guǎng yǎ | earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries |
叙利亚文 | Xù lì yà wén | Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC) / the Syriac script |
张旭 | Zhāng Xù | Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书 |
张揖 | Zhāng Yī | Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works |
倭寇 | Wō kòu | Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) |
集韵 | Jí yùn | Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century |
国语 | Guó yǔ | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC |
舜 | Shùn | Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader |
三国 | Sān guó | Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658 |
千字文 | Qiān zì wén | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer |
罗宾汉 | Luó bīn hàn | Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero) |
百年 | bǎi nián | hundred years / century / lifetime |
郭茂倩 | Guō Mào qiàn | Guo Maoqian (11th century), Song dynasty editor of the Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads 樂府詩集|乐府诗集[Yue4 fu3 Shi1 ji2] |
黑汗王朝 | Hēi hán Wáng cháo | Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century |
梗 | gěng | branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], 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) |
皮蛋 | pí dàn | century egg; preserved egg |
长毛 | Cháng máo | (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century) |
说文解字 | Shuō wén Jiě zì | Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries |
吐谷浑 | Tǔ yù hún | Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] / a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD |
方言 | Fāng yán | the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters |