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míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
巡抚 xún inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
许仲琳 Zhòng lín Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳[Chen2 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]
míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
南京 Nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
明朝 Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
案首 àn shǒu candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
魏忠贤 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
明熹宗 Míng zōng Ming Xizong, temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[Ming2 Tian1 qi3]
明清 Míng Qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
金瓶梅 Jīn píng méi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
关防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
Míng Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
万历 Wàn reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619)
建文 Jiàn Wén Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
朱棣 Zhū Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
黄宗羲 Huáng Zōng Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
提督 the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
正德 Zhèng Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
山海关 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate


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