家 | [jiā, ㄐㄧㄚ, 家] home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia #92 [Add to Longdo] | 其 | [qí, ㄑㄧˊ, 其] his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) #98 [Add to Longdo] | 基地 | [jī dì, ㄐㄧ ㄉㄧˋ, 基 地] base (of operations); industrial or military base; refers to Al Qaeda 基地組織|基地组织 #1,397 [Add to Longdo] | 大陆 | [dà lù, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ, 大 陆 / 大 陸] continent; mainland (esp. of China); mainland China; refers to People's Republic of China 中華人民共和國|中华人民共和国 #2,194 [Add to Longdo] | 解放 | [jiě fàng, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ, 解 放] to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 #2,433 [Add to Longdo] | 旗 | [qí, ㄑㄧˊ, 旗] banner; flag; (in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗 eight banners; administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县 county #2,886 [Add to Longdo] | 改革开放 | [gǎi gé kāi fàng, ㄍㄞˇ ㄍㄜˊ ㄎㄞ ㄈㄤˋ, 改 革 开 放 / 改 革 開 放] to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 #3,631 [Add to Longdo] | 江南 | [Jiāng nán, ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ, 江 南] south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south #5,120 [Add to Longdo] | 中山 | [Zhōng shān, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ, 中 山] refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Nakayama, common Japanese surname (borrowed by Sun Yat-sen); Zhongshan prefecture level city in Guangdong close to Sun Yat-Sen's birth-place #8,007 [Add to Longdo] | 蒋 | [Jiǎng, ㄐㄧㄤˇ, 蒋 / 蔣] surname Jiang; refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 #8,154 [Add to Longdo] | 长假 | [cháng jià, ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ, 长 假 / 長 假] long vacation; refers to one week national holiday in PRC starting 1st May and 1st Oct #9,580 [Add to Longdo] | 袁 | [Yuán, ㄩㄢˊ, 袁] surname Yuan; often refers to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 #9,779 [Add to Longdo] | 鬼子 | [guǐ zi, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄗ˙, 鬼 子] devils; refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese #11,015 [Add to Longdo] | 明月 | [míng yuè, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ, 明 月] bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark #11,391 [Add to Longdo] | 音像 | [yīn xiàng, ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ, 音 像] audiovisual; AV, sometimes refers to soft porn #11,719 [Add to Longdo] | 圣人 | [shèng rén, ㄕㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ, 圣 人 / 聖 人] saint; sage; refers to Confucius 孔子; the current reigning Emperor #12,027 [Add to Longdo] | 蒲 | [pú, ㄆㄨˊ, 蒲] refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush; surname Pu; old place name; phonetic po or pu #12,308 [Add to Longdo] | 海湾 | [hǎi wān, ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄢ, 海 湾 / 海 灣] bay; gulf (body of water); refers to the Persian Gulf #12,357 [Add to Longdo] | 启蒙 | [qǐ méng, ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄥˊ, 启 蒙 / 啟 蒙] to impart rudimentary knowledge to beginners; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; enlightened; the Enlightenment; in China, refers esp. to Western learning from the late Qing #15,821 [Add to Longdo] | 黄金周 | [huáng jīn zhōu, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄡ, 黄 金 周 / 黃 金 周] Golden Week; refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New Year 春節|春节, Labor day 勞動節|劳动节, National day 國慶|国庆 #16,062 [Add to Longdo] | 荧屏 | [yíng píng, ㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ, 荧 屏 / 熒 屏] the glittering screen (refers to television) #17,985 [Add to Longdo] | 圣地 | [shèng dì, ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ, 圣 地 / 聖 地] Holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; Holy city (refers to Jerusalem, Mecca etc); fig. center of historic interest (such as Yan'an 延安 for Mao's revolution) #18,390 [Add to Longdo] | 赘 | [zhuì, ㄓㄨㄟˋ, 赘 / 贅] superfluous; redundant; cumbersome; refers to a son-in-law living with wife's family #18,793 [Add to Longdo] | 围剿 | [wéi jiǎo, ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ, 围 剿 / 圍 剿] to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated compaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards #19,408 [Add to Longdo] | 先河 | [xiān hé, ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄜˊ, 先 河] priority; sth advocated first; refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea. #20,505 [Add to Longdo] | 净土 | [jìng tǔ, ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ, 净 土 / 淨 土] (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) #22,362 [Add to Longdo] | 水仙 | [shuǐ xiān, ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ, 水 仙] narcissus; daffodil; legendary aquatic immortal; refers to those buried at sea; person who wanders abroad and does not return #22,974 [Add to Longdo] | 可有可无 | [kě yǒu kě wú, ㄎㄜˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨˊ, 可 有 可 无 / 可 有 可 無] lit. can have it or can leave it; sth one prefers to avoid #25,688 [Add to Longdo] | 满清 | [Mǎn Qīng, ㄇㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄥ, 满 清 / 滿 清] Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) #30,008 [Add to Longdo] | 时令 | [shí lìng, ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ, 时 令 / 時 令] in season (usually refers to food) #30,615 [Add to Longdo] | 国耻 | [guó chǐ, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄔˇ, 国 耻 / 國 恥] national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria #31,066 [Add to Longdo] | 青铜器 | [qīng tóng qì, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ, 青 铜 器 / 青 銅 器] bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artefacts, from c. 2, 000 BC #31,991 [Add to Longdo] | 百家争鸣 | [bǎi jiā zhēng míng, ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ, 百 家 争 鸣 / 百 家 爭 鳴] a hundred schools of thought contend (成语 saw); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC #34,890 [Add to Longdo] | 始作俑者 | [shǐ zuò yǒng zhě, ㄕˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄜˇ, 始 作 俑 者] lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (成语 saw); fig. the originator of an evil practise (refers to Mencius 孟子) #37,337 [Add to Longdo] | 临产 | [lín chǎn, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄢˇ, 临 产 / 臨 產] to face childbirth; about to give birth; refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions #37,583 [Add to Longdo] | 北山 | [Běi shān, ㄅㄟˇ ㄕㄢ, 北 山] northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan #41,587 [Add to Longdo] | 翰林 | [Hàn lín, ㄏㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 翰 林] refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 #43,478 [Add to Longdo] | 独占鳌头 | [dú zhàn áo tóu, ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ, 独 占 鳌 头 / 獨 佔 鰲 頭] to monopolize the turtle head (成语 saw, refers to carved marble steps of the palace); to come first in triennial palace examinations; the champion; the very best in any field #44,527 [Add to Longdo] | 诸子 | [zhū zǐ, ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ, 诸 子 / 諸 子] various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others #45,252 [Add to Longdo] | 特别行政区 | [tè bié xíng zhèng qū, ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩ, 特 别 行 政 区 / 特 別 行 政 區] Special Administrative Region, namely Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门; refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government; refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia #49,138 [Add to Longdo] | 沙门 | [shā mén, ㄕㄚ ㄇㄣˊ, 沙 门 / 沙 門] monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk #49,256 [Add to Longdo] | 两汉 | [liǎng Hàn, ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄢˋ, 两 汉 / 兩 漢] Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han #51,611 [Add to Longdo] | 四面楚歌 | [sì miàn chǔ gē, ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨˇ ㄍㄜ, 四 面 楚 歌] lit. on all sides the songs of Chu (成语 saw); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help (refers to the desperate final hours of Xiangyu 項羽|项羽); lone dissenting voice #51,822 [Add to Longdo] | 热河 | [rè hé, ㄖㄜˋ ㄏㄜˊ, 热 河 / 熱 河] Rehe province during the Qing dynasty, with capital Chengde 承德, abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia; (hist.) refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde 避暑山莊|避暑山庄 #52,115 [Add to Longdo] | 单链 | [dān liàn, ㄉㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˋ, 单 链 / 單 鏈] single chain; refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA #55,477 [Add to Longdo] | 格林尼治 | [Gé lín ní zhì, ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄓˋ, 格 林 尼 治] Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude); refers to Greenwich mean time #56,119 [Add to Longdo] | 旗人 | [qí rén, ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ, 旗 人] Manchurian; refers to 八旗 eight banners) #57,768 [Add to Longdo] | 武侯祠 | [wǔ hóu cí, ㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄘˊ, 武 侯 祠] memorial hall to Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (many of them in different town); refers to tourist attraction in Chengdu 成都 #58,674 [Add to Longdo] | 以毒攻毒 | [yǐ dú gōng dú, ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ, 以 毒 攻 毒] to cure ills with poison (成语 saw, refers to technique of traditional Chinese medicine); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to fight fire with fire #60,994 [Add to Longdo] | 阿诺 | [Ā nuò, ㄚ ㄋㄨㄛˋ, 阿 诺 / 阿 諾] Arnold (name); refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger 阿諾·施瓦辛格|阿诺·施瓦辛格 #66,660 [Add to Longdo] |
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階;段階 | [きざはし;きだはし(ok);はし(階)(ok), kizahashi ; kidahashi (ok); hashi ( kai )(ok)] (n) (1) (はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden) (See 階段) stairs; (2) (きざはし only) stairs at the front of a noh stage #1,097 [Add to Longdo] | 得る(P);獲る | [える, eru] (v1, vt) (1) (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (suf, v1, vt) (2) (得る only) (See 得ない, 得る・うる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ...; (P) #1,560 [Add to Longdo] | 羽(P);羽根(P);翅;羽子 | [はね, hane] (n) (1) (翅 esp. refers to insect wings) feather; plume; wing; (2) blade (fan, propeller, etc.); (P) #2,334 [Add to Longdo] | 貴方(P);貴女;貴男 | [あなた, anata] (pn, adj-no) (1) (uk) (pol) (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); (2) (貴方, 貴男 only) dear (what a wife calls a husband); (P) #3,704 [Add to Longdo] | 林檎(P);苹果 | [りんご(P);りゅうごう(林檎)(ok);リンゴ, ringo (P); ryuugou ( ringo )(ok); ringo] (n) (1) (uk) (苹果 only refers to the fruit) apple; (2) apple tree (Malus pumila); (P) #12,523 [Add to Longdo] | 端くれ | [はしくれ, hashikure] (n) (1) scrap; piece; fag end; (2) (often refers humbly to oneself) unimportant person #12,950 [Add to Longdo] | 丸い(P);円い(P) | [まるい(P);まろい(ok), marui (P); maroi (ok)] (adj-i) (1) (丸い usu. refers to ball-shaped, and 円い to disc-shaped objects) round; circular; spherical; (2) (See 丸く収まる) harmonious; calm; (P) #18,947 [Add to Longdo] | アクロバットチーム | [akurobattochi-mu] (n) (always refers to aircraft, not human acrobats) aerobatic team; acrobatic team [Add to Longdo] | ツナ | [tsuna] (n) tuna (usu. refers to canned tuna); (P) [Add to Longdo] | パラサイトシングル | [parasaitoshinguru] (n) single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents (wasei [Add to Longdo] | マイミク | [maimiku] (n) (abbr) (See マイミクシィ) my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) [Add to Longdo] | マイミクシィ | [maimikushii] (n) (See マイミク) my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) [Add to Longdo] | マル秘;丸秘 | [マルひ(マル秘);まるひ(丸秘), maru hi ( maru hi ); maruhi ( maru hi )] (n, adj-no) (refers to the 秘 in a red circle) confidential; secret; classified [Add to Longdo] | 閲す | [えっす;けみす, essu ; kemisu] (v5s) (1) (えっす esp. refers to documents) (See 閲する) to inspect; to examine; to check; (2) to elapse; to pass (time) [Add to Longdo] | 閲する | [えっする;けみする, essuru ; kemisuru] (vs-s) (1) (えっする esp. refers to documents) to inspect; to examine; to check; (2) to elapse; to pass (time) [Add to Longdo] | 角を出す | [つのをだす, tsunowodasu] (exp, v5s) (refers to a woman's jealousy) (See 角を生やす) to get jealous; to grow horns [Add to Longdo] | 角を生やす | [つのをはやす, tsunowohayasu] (exp, v5s) (refers to a woman's jealousy) to get jealous; to grow horns [Add to Longdo] | 帰宅部 | [きたくぶ, kitakubu] (n) (See 幽霊部員) go-home club (refers to the group of school pupils who do are not members of any club) [Add to Longdo] | 撃ち止める(P);打ち止める;打ち留める;討ち止める;撃止める;打止める;討止める;打留める | [うちとめる, uchitomeru] (v1, vt) (1) (打ち止める, 打ち留める, 打止める, 打留める only) to hammer into place; (2) (打ち止める, 打ち留める, 打止める, 打留める only) (also うちどめる) to end (a performance); (3) (撃ち止める refers esp. to a gun, and 討ち止める to a blade) to kill; to slay; to shoot dead; to cut down; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 細小;些;細 | [いさら;いささ, isara ; isasa] (pref) (uk) (arch) (いさら usu. refers to water) small; little [Add to Longdo] | 残暑 | [ざんしょ, zansho] (n) (refers to heat following 立秋, approx. Aug. 8) (See 立秋) late summer heat; lingering summer heat; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 順接 | [じゅんせつ, junsetsu] (n, vs) resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding) [Add to Longdo] | 所属先 | [しょぞくさき, shozokusaki] (n) company name (used in forms, where it refers to place of employment) [Add to Longdo] | 所内 | [しょない, shonai] (n, adj-no) (refers to the interior of any place whose name ends in 〜所, e.g. 営業所, 発電所, etc.) inside; interior [Add to Longdo] | 蒸籠;蒸篭;井籠(iK);井篭(iK) | [せいろ;せいろう, seiro ; seirou] (n) (uk) (井籠 (rarely 井篭) refers to a square basket) basket used for steaming food; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot [Add to Longdo] | 人格神論 | [じんかくしんろん, jinkakushinron] (n) (obsc) (See 有神論) theism (as refers to the existence of a personal Christian god) [Add to Longdo] | 占地;湿地 | [しめじ;シメジ, shimeji ; shimeji] (n) (1) (uk) (See 本占地) Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); (2) (See 平茸) euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.) [Add to Longdo] | 太陰暦 | [たいいんれき, taiinreki] (n) (sometimes also refers to a lunisolar calendar) (See 太陰太陽暦) lunar calendar [Add to Longdo] | 貸物 | [かしもの, kashimono] (n) (sometimes refers specifically to bedding) items for rent; items for loan [Add to Longdo] | 天辺(P);頂辺 | [てっぺん(P);てへん(ok);てっぺい(天辺)(ok), teppen (P); tehen (ok); teppei ( ten hen )(ok)] (n) (頂辺 usually refers to the top of a helmet or one's head) top; summit; apex; peak; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 粳 | [うる;うるち, uru ; uruchi] (n) (うるち refers only to rice) (See 糯) nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes) [Add to Longdo] | 閨;寝屋 | [ねや, neya] (n) (1) sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple); (2) inner room; inner sanctum [Add to Longdo] | 鯔;名吉 | [いな(鯔);なよし(ok), ina ( bora ); nayoshi (ok)] (n) (なよし sometimes also refers to adults) (See 鯔・ぼら・1) young striped mullet [Add to Longdo] |
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