Vocabulary
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| 汉朝 漢朝 | Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | Proper Noun |
| 工部 工部 | Ministry of Works (in imperial China) | Proper Noun |
| 强国 強國 | (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) | Proper Noun |
| 围城 圍城 | Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu, filmed as a TV serial | Proper Noun |
| 兴化 興化 | Xinghua, county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu | Proper Noun |
| 洛阳 洛陽 | Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province | Proper Noun |
| 马来 馬來 | Malaya; Malaysia | Proper Noun |
| 双子 雙子 | Gemini (star sign) | Proper Noun |
| 西游记 西遊記 | "Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey" | Proper Noun |
| 龙门 龍門 | Longmen county in Huizhou, Guangdong; mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon | Proper Noun |
| 山村 山村 | mountain village | Proper Noun |
| 长春 長春 | Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province | Proper Noun |
| 日照 日照 | Rizhao, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province | Proper Noun |
| 西城 西城 | Xicheng, a district of central Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 中古 中古 | Sino-Cuban; China-Cuba | Proper Noun |
| 春晚 春晚 | abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 复姓 復姓 | to revert to one's original surname | Proper Noun |
| 莫斯科 莫斯科 | Moscow, capital of Russia | Proper Noun |
| 美玲 美玲 | Meiling (female name); Zhou Meiling (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director | Proper Noun |
| 北京时间 北京時間 | Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST) | Proper Noun |
| 红军 紅軍 | Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) | Proper Noun |
| 南朝 南朝 | Southern Dynasties (420-589) | Proper Noun |
| 民国 民國 | Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) | Proper Noun |
| 楚国 楚國 | the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 老城 老城 | old town; old district of a city | Proper Noun |
| 解放军 解放軍 | People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) | Proper Noun |
| 约瑟夫 約瑟夫 | Joseph (name) | Proper Noun |
| 美洲 美洲 | America (including North, Central and South America); the Americas; abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 宋朝 宋朝 | Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) | Proper Noun |
| 马面 馬面 | Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | Proper Noun |
| 瑞士 瑞士 | Switzerland | Proper Noun |
| 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 | Proper Noun |
| 高桥 高橋 | Takahashi (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 西亚 西亞 | Southwest Asia | Proper Noun |
| 深蓝 深藍 | Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997) | Proper Noun |
| 汉代 漢代 | the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | Proper Noun |
| 钟馗 鍾馗 | Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits); (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil | Proper Noun |
| 村寨 村寨 | (stockaded) village | Proper Noun |
| 五台 五臺 | Wutai city and county in Xinzhou, Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 史记 史記 | Records of the Grand Historian, by, first of the 24 dynastic histories | Proper Noun |
| 北朝 北朝 | Northern Dynasties (386-581) | Proper Noun |
| 金牛 金牛 | Taurus (star sign); Jinniu district of Chengdu city, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 环城 環城 | encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc); around the city | Proper Noun |
| 台山 台山 | Taishan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 央视 央視 | China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 空客 空客 | Airbus | Proper Noun |
| 龙门山 龍門山 | Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line; Mt Longmen in Shandong; Mt Longmen in Henan | Proper Noun |
| 名城 名城 | famous city | Proper Noun |
| 天河区 天河區 | Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 沙 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |