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(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 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 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 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 wén Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC) / the Syriac script
张旭 Zhāng Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
张揖 Zhāng 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 kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
集韵 yùn Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century
国语 Guó 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
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 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
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 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 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 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


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