| 宋 | [Sòng, ㄙㄨㄥˋ, 宋] surname Song; the Song dynasty (960-1279); also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), See also: 南朝宋 #4,603 [Add to Longdo] |
| 复古 | [fù gǔ, ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ, 复 古 / 復 古] to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s), See also: 古文 #7,278 [Add to Longdo] |
| 启 | [qǐ, ㄑㄧˇ, 启 / 啟] to open; to start; Qi son of Yu the Great 禹, reported founder of the Xia dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC), See also: 禹, 夏朝 #7,422 [Add to Longdo] |
| 阿里 | [Ā lǐ, ㄚ ㄌㄧˇ, 阿 里] Ali (proper name); Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam, See also: 穆罕默德, 哈里發, 哈里发, 伊瑪目, 伊玛目 #10,996 [Add to Longdo] |
| 圆明园 | [Yuán míng yuán, ㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ, 圆 明 园 / 圓 明 園] Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 #13,666 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大跃进 | [dà yuè jìn, ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ, 大 跃 进 / 大 躍 進] the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), in retrospect widely viewed as an unprecedented economic and social disaster, with estimated 20 million people dying of starvation #14,894 [Add to Longdo] |
| 宋代 | [Sòng dài, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄞˋ, 宋 代] Song dynasty (960-1279) #16,087 [Add to Longdo] |
| 英里 | [yīng lǐ, ㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˇ, 英 里] mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km.) #16,757 [Add to Longdo] |
| 北宋 | [Běi Sòng, ㄅㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄥˋ, 北 宋] the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) #22,281 [Add to Longdo] |
| 宋朝 | [Sòng cháo, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄠˊ, 宋 朝] Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), See also: 南朝宋 #22,319 [Add to Longdo] |
| 唐宋 | [Táng Sòng, ㄊㄤˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ, 唐 宋] the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties #25,147 [Add to Longdo] |
| 郎平 | [Láng Píng, ㄌㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ, 郎 平] Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005 #26,441 [Add to Longdo] |
| 李自成 | [Lǐ Zì chéng, ㄌㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄔㄥˊ, 李 自 成] Li ZiCheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty #26,635 [Add to Longdo] |
| 二环路 | [èr huán lù, ㄦˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄨˋ, 二 环 路 / 二 環 路] Second ring road (Beijing), opened in 1960s #28,506 [Add to Longdo] |
| 钕 | [nǚ, ㄋㄩˇ, 钕 / 釹] neodymium Nd60, lanthanoid element #29,584 [Add to Longdo] |
| 鸦片战争 | [Yā piàn zhàn zhēng, ㄧㄚ ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ, 鸦 片 战 争 / 鴉 片 戰 爭] the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 #29,919 [Add to Longdo] |
| 租界 | [zū jiè, ㄗㄨ ㄐㄧㄝˋ, 租 界] settlement; international settlement in many Chinese cities established under unequal treaties from 1860 #32,106 [Add to Longdo] |
| 玄奘 | [Xuán zàng, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄤˋ, 玄 奘] Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645 #33,183 [Add to Longdo] |
| 闯王 | [Chuǎng Wáng, ㄔㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˊ, 闯 王 / 闖 王] Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645), See also: 李自成 #34,745 [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲子 | [jiǎ zǐ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄗˇ, 甲 子] first of 10 heavenly trunks 天干 and first of 12 earthly branches 地支; by ext., the 60 combinations 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅 etc making up the year cycle; first year A1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1984 or 2044, See also: 天干, 地支, 乙丑, 丙寅 #36,260 [Add to Longdo] |
| 汉语拼音 | [Hàn yǔ pīn yīn, ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ ㄆㄧㄣ ㄧㄣ, 汉 语 拼 音 / 漢 語 拼 音] Hanyu pinyin, the pinyin transliteration system using in PRC since the 1960s #37,925 [Add to Longdo] |
| 忽必烈 | [Hū bì liè, ㄏㄨ ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ, 忽 必 烈] Kublai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294, See also: 成吉思汗 #38,219 [Add to Longdo] |
| 纸上谈兵 | [zhǐ shàng tán bīng, ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ, 纸 上 谈 兵 / 紙 上 談 兵] lit. military tactics on paper (成语 saw); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice (cf. Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC); an armchair strategist; idle theorizing, See also: 成语, 趙括, 赵括 #40,926 [Add to Longdo] |
| 壬辰 | [rén chén, ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ, 壬 辰] twenty ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 #40,951 [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲午 | [jiǎ wǔ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄨˇ, 甲 午] thirty first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014; cf 甲午戰爭|甲午战争, the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, See also: 甲午戰爭, 甲午战争 #41,306 [Add to Longdo] |
| 赵括 | [Zhào Kuò, ㄓㄠˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ, 赵 括 / 趙 括] Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子, See also: 趙國, 赵国, 馬服子, 马服子 #41,677 [Add to Longdo] |
| 阎锡山 | [Yán Xī shān, ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄢ, 阎 锡 山 / 閻 錫 山] Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi #43,726 [Add to Longdo] |
| 辛卯 | [xīn mǎo, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄇㄠˇ, 辛 卯] twenty eigth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071 #44,211 [Add to Longdo] |
| 辛亥 | [xīn hài, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄞˋ, 辛 亥] forty eigth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命, Xinhai revolution of 1911, See also: 辛亥革命 #45,485 [Add to Longdo] |
| 庚子 | [gēng zǐ, ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ, 庚 子] thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020; cf 庚子國變|庚子国变, the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion, See also: 庚子國變, 庚子国变 #45,563 [Add to Longdo] |
| 三藏 | [Sān cáng, ㄙㄢ ㄘㄤˊ, 三 藏] Tripitaka (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645; same as 玄奘, See also: 玄奘 #45,860 [Add to Longdo] |
| 后周 | [Hòu Zhōu, ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄡ, 后 周 / 後 周] Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封, See also: 开封 #47,623 [Add to Longdo] |
| 戊戌 | [wù xū, ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ, 戊 戌] thirty fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018; cf 戊戌政變|戊戌政变, failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898, See also: 戊戌政變, 戊戌政变 #49,843 [Add to Longdo] |
| 庚辰 | [gēng chén, ㄍㄥ ㄔㄣˊ, 庚 辰] seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 #50,815 [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲申 | [jiǎ shēn, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄣ, 甲 申] twenty first year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 #51,072 [Add to Longdo] |
| 隋炀帝 | [Suí Yáng dì, ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ, 隋 炀 帝 / 隋 煬 帝] Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618 #52,233 [Add to Longdo] |
| 杨坚 | [Yáng jiān, ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ, 杨 坚 / 楊 堅] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 #52,361 [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲戌 | [jiǎ xū, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄩ, 甲 戌] eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 #53,385 [Add to Longdo] |
| 丁亥 | [dīng hài, ㄉㄧㄥ ㄏㄞˋ, 丁 亥] twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 #53,758 [Add to Longdo] |
| 辛丑 | [xīn chǒu, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄡˇ, 辛 丑] thirty eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising, See also: 辛丑條約, 辛丑条约 #54,016 [Add to Longdo] |
| 庚戌 | [gēng xū, ㄍㄥ ㄒㄩ, 庚 戌] forty seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030 #55,291 [Add to Longdo] |
| 乙酉 | [yǐ yǒu, ㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ, 乙 酉] twenty second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 #57,300 [Add to Longdo] |
| 庚申 | [gēng shēn, ㄍㄥ ㄕㄣ, 庚 申] fifty seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 #58,067 [Add to Longdo] |
| 丁卯 | [dīng mǎo, ㄉㄧㄥ ㄇㄠˇ, 丁 卯] fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 #58,503 [Add to Longdo] |
| 嬴政 | [Yíng Zhèng, ㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ, 嬴 政] Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of First Emperor 秦始皇, See also: 秦始皇 #58,761 [Add to Longdo] |
| 辛巳 | [xīn sì, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˋ, 辛 巳] eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061 #59,138 [Add to Longdo] |
| 壬午 | [rén wǔ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˇ, 壬 午] nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 #59,788 [Add to Longdo] |
| 甲寅 | [jiǎ yín, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄣˊ, 甲 寅] fifty first year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 #59,820 [Add to Longdo] |
| 白起 | [Bái Qǐ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄑㄧˇ, 白 起] Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC; same as 公孫起|公孙起, See also: 秦國, 秦国, 長平, 长平, 公孫起, 公孙起 #60,245 [Add to Longdo] |
| 己丑 | [jǐ chǒu, ㄐㄧˇ ㄔㄡˇ, 己 丑] twenty sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069 #60,785 [Add to Longdo] |
| 秒 | [びょう, byou] (n) second (60th min); (P) #430 [Add to Longdo] |
| 安政 | [あんせい, ansei] (n) Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18) #8,461 [Add to Longdo] |
| 杖 | [つえ, tsue] (n) (arch) (See 五刑) severe caning (60-100 times) #9,477 [Add to Longdo] |
| 関ヶ原;関ケ原 | [せきがはら, sekigahara] (n) (1) Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); (2) decisive battle; critical battle #11,588 [Add to Longdo] |
| 海里;浬 | [かいり, kairi] (n) nautical mile; 1852m; 6080ft #14,271 [Add to Longdo] |
| 軽自動車 | [けいじどうしゃ, keijidousha] (n) (See 軽カー) light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); (P) #17,820 [Add to Longdo] |
| アロー戦争 | [アローせんそう, aro-sensou] (n) (See 阿片戦争) Arrow War (the second Opium War, 1856-1860) [Add to Longdo] |
| クシャーナ朝 | [クシャーナちょう, kusha-na chou] (n) Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| クシャン朝 | [クシャンちょう, kushan chou] (n) Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| グプタ | [guputa] (n) (also written as 笈多) Gupta (dynasty of India, approx. 320-600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| グプタ朝 | [グプタちょう, guputa chou] (n) Gupta dynasty (of India, approx. 320-600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| コバルト60;コバルト六〇 | [コバルトろくじゅう, kobaruto rokujuu] (n) cobalt-60 [Add to Longdo] |
| スズメダイ科 | [スズメダイか, suzumedai ka] (n) Pomacentridae (family containing about 360 species of primarily marine tropical damselfishes and clownfishes in approximately 29 genera) [Add to Longdo] |
| チューダー王朝 | [チューダーおうちょう, chu-da-ouchou] (n) Tudor dynasty (of England; 1485-1603) [Add to Longdo] |
| チューダー朝 | [チューダーちょう, chu-da-chou] (n) Tudor dynasty (of England; 1485-1603) [Add to Longdo] |
| ドドンパ | [dodonpa] (n) Dodompa (a rumba-like Japanese musical genre popular in the 1960s) [Add to Longdo] |
| ピクル | [pikuru] (n) picul (Asian unit of weight, approx. 60 kg) [Add to Longdo] |
| フッコ;ふっこ | [fukko ; fukko] (n) (See 鱸) juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length) [Add to Longdo] |
| モッズ | [mozzu] (n) mods (trendy young people in early '60s Britain) [Add to Longdo] |
| ヴァルダナ朝 | [ヴァルダナちょう, varudana chou] (n) Vardhana dynasty (of India, 606-647 CE); Vardhan dynasty [Add to Longdo] |
| 安土桃山時代 | [あづちももやまじだい, aduchimomoyamajidai] (n) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 永暦 | [えいりゃく, eiryaku] (n) Eiryaku era (1160.1.10-1161.9.4) [Add to Longdo] |
| 冠位十二階 | [かんいじゅうにかい, kan'ijuunikai] (n) first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 AD) [Add to Longdo] |
| 寛正 | [かんしょう, kanshou] (n) Kanshou era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28) [Add to Longdo] |
| 還暦 | [かんれき, kanreki] (n) 60th birthday; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 還暦横綱手数入り | [かんれきよこづなでずいり, kanrekiyokodunadezuiri] (n) former sumo grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony [Add to Longdo] |
| 還暦土俵入り | [かんれきどひょういり, kanrekidohyouiri] (n) former sumo grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony [Add to Longdo] |
| 関ヶ原の戦い;関ケ原の戦い;関ヶ原の戦(io) | [せきがはらのたたかい, sekigaharanotatakai] (n) Battle of Sekigahara (1600) [Add to Longdo] |
| 貴霜 | [きそう, kisou] (n) (See クシャン朝) Kushan (dynasty of India, approx. 60-375 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 貴霜朝 | [きそうちょう, kisouchou] (n) (See クシャン朝) Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 斤 | [きん, kin] (n) (1) (arch) unit of weight ~600g; (2) (arch) pound (unit of mass [Add to Longdo] |
| 近世文学 | [きんせいぶんがく, kinseibungaku] (n) early-modern literature; Edo-period literature (1600-1867) [Add to Longdo] |
| 吟醸酒 | [ぎんじょうしゅ, ginjoushu] (n) type of sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% [Add to Longdo] |
| 枯れ専 | [かれせん;カレセン, karesen ; karesen] (n) (uk) (from 枯れたおじいさん専門) younger woman (usu. 20-30 years old) who is physically attracted to mature older men (usu. 50-60 years old) [Add to Longdo] |
| 江戸時代 | [えどじだい, edojidai] (n) Edo period (1603-1868 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 江戸幕府 | [えどばくふ, edobakufu] (n) Edo shogunate (1603-1867) [Add to Longdo] |
| 行人偏 | [ぎょうにんべん, gyouninben] (n) kanji "going man" radical (radical 60) [Add to Longdo] |
| 算賀 | [さんが, sanga] (n) longevity celebration (on one's 40th, 50th, 60th, etc. birthday) [Add to Longdo] |
| 四公六民 | [しこうろくみん, shikourokumin] (n) (arch) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60% [Add to Longdo] |
| 耳順 | [じじゅん, jijun] (n) age 60 [Add to Longdo] |
| 周天 | [しゅうてん, shuuten] (n) (1) the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth; (2) twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar [Add to Longdo] |
| 昭和元禄 | [しょうわげんろく, shouwagenroku] (n) the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease [Add to Longdo] |
| 織豊時代 | [しょくほうじだい, shokuhoujidai] (n) (See 安土桃山時代) Shokuho period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 神風タクシー | [かみかぜタクシー, kamikaze takushi-] (n) (col) kamikaze taxi (1960s term for taxis that fail to heed traffic regulations) [Add to Longdo] |
| 畝 | [ほ, ho] (n) (obsc) (See 畝・せ) mu (Chinese measure of land area, formerly ~600 m.sq., currently ~667 m.sq.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 正元 | [しょうげん, shougen] (n) Shougen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13) [Add to Longdo] |
| 正丁 | [せいてい;しょうてい, seitei ; shoutei] (n) under the ritsuryo system, a man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes [Add to Longdo] |
| 西域都護府 | [せいいきとごふ, seiikitogofu] (n) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE [Add to Longdo] |
| 大躍進 | [だいやくしん, daiyakushin] (n) (1) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); (n, vs) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides [Add to Longdo] |
| 長禄 | [ちょうろく, chouroku] (n) Chouroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21) [Add to Longdo] |