Vocabulary
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| 瓮城 甕城 | enceinte of a city gate; barbican entrance to a city | Proper Noun |
| 马面 馬面 | Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | Proper Noun |
| 复姓 復姓 | to revert to one's original surname | Proper Noun |
| 明代 明代 | the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) | Proper Noun |
| 五代 五代 | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | Proper Noun |
| 李白 李白 | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | Proper Noun |
| 都城 都城 | capital city | Proper Noun |
| 新城 新城 | Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County, east Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 群岛 群島 | group of islands; archipelago | |
| 之上 之上 | above | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 沙 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 藻类 藻類 | algae | |
| 群山 群山 | mountains; a range of hills | |
| 板凳 板凳 | wooden bench or stool | |
| 遨游 遨遊 | to travel; to go on a tour; to roam | |
| 般 般 | sort, manner, kind, category | |
| 状 狀 | form; appearance; shape; official | |
| 露出 露出 | to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] | |
| 此道 此道 | such matters; things like this; this line of work; this pursuit; this hobby; this endeavor | |
| 中转 中轉 | to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence | |
| 中保 中保 | middleman and guarantor | |
| 祈福 祈福 | to pray for blessings | |
| 有价值 有價值 | valuable | |
| 登上 登上 | to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount | |
| 现存 現存 | extant; existent; in stock | |
| 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) | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 朝向 朝向 | toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam) | |
| 亘古不变 亙古不變 | unchanging since times immemorial (idiom); unalterable; unvarying; monotonous | |
| 势 勢 | power, force; tendency | |
| 成群 成群 | in groups; large numbers of; grouping | |
| 鱼类 魚類 | fishes | |
| 会合 會合 | to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 防火 防火 | to protect against fire | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 长龙 長龍 | long queue; long line (of cars, people etc) | |
| 助力 助力 | to help; to aid; assistance | |
| 梯 梯 | ladder, steps, stairs; lean | |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 村民 村民 | villager | |
| 太阳能板 太陽能板 | solar panel | |
| 境 境 | boundary, frontier; area, region | |
| 面容 面容 | appearance; facial features | |
| 发福 發福 | to put on weight; to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment) | |
| 谷 穀 | valley, gorge, ravine |