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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) |
| 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 |
| 二十一世纪 | èr shí yī shì jì | 21st century |
| 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 |
| 花木兰 | Huā Mù lán | Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature |
| 三字经 | Sān zì Jīng | Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters |
| 二十世纪 | èr shí shì jì | 20th 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 |
| 科普特语 | Kē pǔ tè yǔ | Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[Ke1 pu3 te4 ren2], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century |
| 真腊 | Zhēn là | Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia / Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century |
| 范公偁 | Fàn Gōng chēng | Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录 |
| 茶马古道 | Chá mǎ gǔ dào | old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond |
| 不平等条约 | bù píng děng tiáo yuē | (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries) |
| 千字文 | Qiān zì wén | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer |
| 战国时代 | Zhàn guó Shí dài | the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century) |
| 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 |
| 三星堆 | Sān xīng duī | archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC |
| 中古 | zhōng gǔ | medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand |
| 皮蛋 | pí dàn | century egg; preserved egg |
| 李冰 | Lǐ Bīng | Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan |
| 张大千 | Zhāng Dà qiān | Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th 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) |