商 | [Shāng, ㄕㄤ, 商] the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC #451 [Add to Longdo] |
世纪 | [shì jì, ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ, 世 纪 / 世 紀] century #1,101 [Add to Longdo] |
年代 | [nián dài, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄞˋ, 年 代] a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period #1,189 [Add to Longdo] |
三国 | [Sān guó, ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 三 国 / 三 國] Three Kingdoms period following the break-up of the Han (220-280); several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658 #2,792 [Add to Longdo] |
百年 | [bǎi nián, ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ, 百 年] hundred years; century; lifetime #5,229 [Add to Longdo] |
舜 | [Shùn, ㄕㄨㄣˋ, 舜] Shun (c. 22nd century BC), mythical sage and leader #11,734 [Add to Longdo] |
国语 | [guó yǔ, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩˇ, 国 语 / 國 語] 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 #16,307 [Add to Longdo] |
诸侯 | [zhū hóu, ㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊ, 诸 侯 / 諸 侯] feudal vassal; feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC; subordinate warlord #17,204 [Add to Longdo] |
侵华 | [qīn Huá, ㄑㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄚˊ, 侵 华 / 侵 華] to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan) #17,898 [Add to Longdo] |
大和 | [Dà hé, ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ, 大 和] Yamato (possibly 3rd century AD), Japanese state before written records began in 7th century AD, its real dating is controversial #18,520 [Add to Longdo] |
蕃 | [bō, ㄅㄛ, 蕃] see 吐蕃 Tubo, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD #19,723 [Add to Longdo] |
中叶 | [zhōng yè, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄝˋ, 中 叶 / 中 葉] mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period #23,155 [Add to Longdo] |
吐蕃 | [Tǔ bō, ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄛ, 吐 蕃] Tubo, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD #24,472 [Add to Longdo] |
吐蕃 | [Tǔ fān, ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄢ, 吐 蕃] Tubo, ancient name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD #24,472 [Add to Longdo] |
禹 | [Yǔ, ㄩˇ, 禹] Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu #25,629 [Add to Longdo] |
近代史 | [jìn dài shǐ, ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕˇ, 近 代 史] modern history (usually meaning from the mid-19th to early 20th century) #28,268 [Add to Longdo] |
禁烟 | [jìn yān, ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄢ, 禁 烟 / 禁 煙] prohibition on opium (esp. from 18th- early 20th century); smoking ban; No Smoking! (usual sign in Japan) #29,895 [Add to Longdo] |
倭寇 | [Wō kòu, ㄨㄛ ㄎㄡˋ, 倭 寇] Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) #31,401 [Add to Longdo] |
活佛 | [huó fó, ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ, 活 佛] Living Buddha; title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century #32,146 [Add to Longdo] |
晚清 | [wǎn Qīng, ㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄥ, 晚 清] the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China #33,782 [Add to Longdo] |
世纪末 | [shì jì mò, ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄛˋ, 世 纪 末 / 世 紀 末] end of the century #34,317 [Add to Longdo] |
大禹 | [dà yǔ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ, 大 禹] Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods #34,943 [Add to Longdo] |
花木兰 | [Huā Mù lán, ㄏㄨㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ, 花 木 兰 / 花 木 蘭] Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature #36,217 [Add to Longdo] |
南朝 | [nán cháo, ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄠˊ, 南 朝] southern dynasty; the six southern dynasties (317-589), namely Wu 吳|吴, Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋, Song 宋|宋, Qi 齊|齐, Liang 梁, Chen 陳|陈; common term for Southern Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties of 5th and 6th century #36,632 [Add to Longdo] |
商代 | [Shāng dài, ㄕㄤ ㄉㄞˋ, 商 代] the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC) #39,892 [Add to Longdo] |
张旭 | [Zhāng Xù, ㄓㄤ ㄒㄩˋ, 张 旭 / 張 旭] Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书 #42,195 [Add to Longdo] |
亚齐 | [Yà qí, ㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ, 亚 齐 / 亞 齊] Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra; Aceh sultanate 16th-19th century #45,897 [Add to Longdo] |
尔雅 | [ěr yǎ, ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ, 尔 雅 / 爾 雅] Erya (the first surviving Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glosses on classical texts) #46,280 [Add to Longdo] |
吐谷浑 | [Tǔ yù hún, ㄊㄨˇ ㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄣˊ, 吐 谷 浑 / 吐 谷 渾] Tuyuhun, a Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people; a state in Qinhai in 4th-7th century AD #52,888 [Add to Longdo] |
明末清初 | [Míng mò Qīng chū, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ, 明 末 清 初] late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century #53,463 [Add to Longdo] |
纣 | [Zhòu, ㄓㄡˋ, 纣 / 紂] last ruler of Shang (11th century BC), a notorious tyrant #59,292 [Add to Longdo] |
张骞 | [Zhāng Qiān, ㄓㄤ ㄑㄧㄢ, 张 骞 / 張 騫] Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC #65,840 [Add to Longdo] |
卜辞 | [bǔ cí, ㄅㄨˇ ㄘˊ, 卜 辞 / 卜 辭] oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones #72,932 [Add to Longdo] |
初叶 | [chū yè, ㄔㄨ ㄧㄝˋ, 初 叶 / 初 葉] early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years #76,218 [Add to Longdo] |
蔺相如 | [Lìn Xiāng rú, ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄖㄨˊ, 蔺 相 如 / 藺 相 如] Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 #82,902 [Add to Longdo] |
罗宾汉 | [Luó bīn hàn, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄣ ㄏㄢˋ, 罗 宾 汉 / 羅 賓 漢] Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero) #103,583 [Add to Longdo] |
尼雅 | [Ní yǎ, ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ, 尼 雅] Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD #109,495 [Add to Longdo] |
斯坦因 | [Sī tǎn yīn, ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄧㄣ, 斯 坦 因] Stein (name); Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), British adventurer and archeologist who explorer Xinjiang in early 20th century #114,964 [Add to Longdo] |
杨业 | [Yáng yè, ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄝˋ, 杨 业 / 楊 業] famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song; the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 #117,589 [Add to Longdo] |
商纣王 | [Shāng Zhòu wáng, ㄕㄤ ㄓㄡˋ ㄨㄤˊ, 商 纣 王 / 商 紂 王] King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant #117,722 [Add to Longdo] |
新罗 | [Xīn luó, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄨㄛˊ, 新 罗 / 新 羅] Silla, one of three Korean kingdoms from 1st century, defeated its rivals Paikche and Koryo by collaborating with Tang around 645, ruled unified Korea 658-935 #136,978 [Add to Longdo] |
左思 | [Zuǒ Sī, ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄙ, 左 思] Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet #146,316 [Add to Longdo] |
文康 | [Wén Kāng, ㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄤ, 文 康] Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu born novelist, author of Heroic women 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传 #157,541 [Add to Longdo] |
摩尼 | [Mó ní, ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄧˊ, 摩 尼] Manes (3rd century AD), Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism #173,961 [Add to Longdo] |
武丁 | [Wǔ Dīng, ㄨˇ ㄉㄧㄥ, 武 丁] Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty #177,978 [Add to Longdo] |
耶稣教 | [Yē sū jiào, ㄧㄝ ㄙㄨ ㄐㄧㄠˋ, 耶 稣 教 / 耶 穌 教] Protestantism in 19th century China #228,628 [Add to Longdo] |
白陶 | [bái táo, ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄠˊ, 白 陶] white pottery (of Shang Dynastry 16-11th century BC) #231,278 [Add to Longdo] |
孔丛子 | [Kǒng cóng zǐ, ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ, 孔 丛 子 / 孔 叢 子] Kong family Master's anthology, collection of fictional debates between Confucius, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃 #271,400 [Add to Longdo] |
杏林 | [xìng lín, ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 杏 林] forest of apricot trees; fig. honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees); Xinglin district of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海沧区 in 2003) #292,674 [Add to Longdo] |
郭茂倩 | [Guō Mào qiàn, ㄍㄨㄛ ㄇㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄢˋ, 郭 茂 倩] Guo Maoqian (11th-12th century), Song poetry collector, editor of Collection of yuefu lyric poems 樂府詩集|乐府诗集 #312,374 [Add to Longdo] |
世紀 | [せいき, seiki] (n) century; era; (P) #373 [Add to Longdo] |
初頭 | [しょとう, shotou] (n-adv, n-t) beginning (of a century, etc.); (P) #4,652 [Add to Longdo] |
真言宗 | [しんごんしゅう, shingonshuu] (n) Shingon (Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eighth century) #7,617 [Add to Longdo] |
神風 | [かみかぜ(P);しんぷう;かむかぜ, kamikaze (P); shinpuu ; kamukaze] (n) (1) divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); (2) (かみかぜ only) kamikaze; (P) #14,908 [Add to Longdo] |
センチュリー | [senchuri-] (n) (1) century; (2) Centuri #16,954 [Add to Longdo] |
シンボリズム;サンボリスム | [shinborizumu ; sanborisumu] (n) (See 象徴主義) symbolism (19th-century artistic movement) [Add to Longdo] |
ダブレット | [daburetto] (n) doublet (14th-17th century men's jacket) [Add to Longdo] |
ニューセンチュリー | [nyu-senchuri-] (n) new century [Add to Longdo] |
パッラヴァ朝 | [パッラヴァちょう, parrava chou] (n) Pallava Dynasty (of India, 7th to 9th century CE) [Add to Longdo] |
ミンネザング | [minnezangu] (n) minnesang (12th-14th century German love song) (ger [Add to Longdo] |
一世紀 | [いっせいき, isseiki] (n) century [Add to Longdo] |
一増一減 | [いちぞういちげん, ichizouichigen] (n) { Buddh } 16, 800, 000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84, 000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century) [Add to Longdo] |
歌舞伎者;傾奇者;かぶき者 | [かぶきもの, kabukimono] (n) dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior [Add to Longdo] |
旧訳 | [きゅうやく;くやく, kyuuyaku ; kuyaku] (n) (1) old translation; (2) { Buddh } (usu. くやく) pre-Xuanzang Chinese translation (esp. 5th-mid 7th century) [Add to Longdo] |
倶者 | [くしゃ, kusha] (n) Buddhist sect originating in the seventh century [Add to Longdo] |
源平時代 | [げんぺいじだい, genpeijidai] (n) Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE) [Add to Longdo] |
古訳 | [こやく, koyaku] (n) { Buddh } pre-Kumarajiva Chinese translation (i.e. before the 5th century) [Add to Longdo] |
黒船 | [くろふね, kurofune] (n) (1) black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century); (2) product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc. [Add to Longdo] |
今世紀 | [こんせいき, konseiki] (n) this century [Add to Longdo] |
三韓出兵 | [さんかんしゅっぺい, sankanshuppei] (n) (obsc) legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century [Add to Longdo] |
三韓征伐 | [さんかんせいばつ, sankanseibatsu] (n) (arch) legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century [Add to Longdo] |
三論 | [さんろん, sanron] (n) Buddhist sect originating in the seventh century [Add to Longdo] |
四半世紀 | [しはんせいき, shihanseiki] (n) quarter of a century [Add to Longdo] |
邪馬台国;耶馬台国 | [やまたいこく;やばたいこく, yamataikoku ; yabataikoku] (n) (arch) (orig. 邪馬壹國・やまいちこく) Yamataikoku; (Japanese history) a country that existed within Japan. Ruled by Queen Himiko in the third century AD [Add to Longdo] |
象徴主義 | [しょうちょうしゅぎ, shouchoushugi] (n, adj-no) symbolism (19th-century artistic movement) [Add to Longdo] |
新世紀 | [しんせいき, shinseiki] (n) new century [Add to Longdo] |
新訳 | [しんやく, shinyaku] (n) (1) new translation; (2) { Buddh } post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward) [Add to Longdo] |
真言;眞言 | [しんごん, shingon] (n) (1) (obsc) { Buddh } true word; (2) mantra; (3) (abbr) (See 真言宗) Shingon (Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eighth century) [Add to Longdo] |
世紀末 | [せいきまつ, seikimatsu] (n) end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siecle; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
清楽 | [しんがく, shingaku] (n) (See 清・しん) Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) [Add to Longdo] |
前世紀 | [ぜんせいき, zenseiki] (n) last century; ancient times [Add to Longdo] |
尊皇王攘夷;尊皇攘夷;尊王攘夷 | [そんのうじょうい, sonnoujoui] (n) 19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners [Add to Longdo] |
大岡裁き | [おおおかさばき, oookasabaki] (n) judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Oooka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan) [Add to Longdo] |
談林風;檀林風 | [だんりんふう, danrinfuu] (n) (See 談林派, 俳諧) playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century [Add to Longdo] |
竹林の七賢;竹林七賢(io) | [ちくりんのしちけん, chikurinnoshichiken] (n) (See 清談・1) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians [Add to Longdo] |
長唄 | [ながうた, nagauta] (n) long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
長歌 | [ちょうか;ながうた, chouka ; nagauta] (n) (1) (See 短歌) traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; (2) (ながうた only) (See 長唄) long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) [Add to Longdo] |
天正カルタ | [てんしょうカルタ, tenshou karuta] (n) (See ウンスンカルタ) Portuguese card game popular in Japan during the late 16th century [Add to Longdo] |
二十世紀(P);20世紀 | [にじっせいき(P);にじゅっせいき, nijisseiki (P); nijusseiki] (n) twentieth century; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
日本現報善悪霊異記 | [にほんげんほうぜんあくりょういき, nihongenhouzen'akuryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki [Add to Longdo] |
日本国現報善悪霊異記 | [にほんこくげんほうぜんあくりょういき, nihonkokugenhouzen'akuryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki [Add to Longdo] |
日本霊異記 | [にほんりょういき, nihonryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki [Add to Longdo] |
忍髷;忍ぶ髷 | [しのぶわげ, shinobuwage] (n) (arch) women's hairstyle (first appearing during the mid-18th century) [Add to Longdo] |
伴天連(ateji);破天連(ateji) | [ばてれん;パテレン;バテレン, bateren ; pateren ; bateren] (n) (1) Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) (por [Add to Longdo] |
半世紀 | [はんせいき, hanseiki] (n) half century [Add to Longdo] |
皮蛋 | [ピータン, pi-tan] (n) century egg (chi [Add to Longdo] |
百年;百歳 | [ひゃくねん(百年);ももとせ, hyakunen ( hyakunen ); momotose] (n) century; hundred years; a long time [Add to Longdo] |
復古神道 | [ふっこしんとう, fukkoshintou] (n) Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences) [Add to Longdo] |
明楽 | [みんがく, mingaku] (n) (See 明・みん) Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) [Add to Longdo] |
来世紀 | [らいせいき, raiseiki] (n) next century [Add to Longdo] |