Vocabulary
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| 西文 西文 | Spanish; Western language; foreign languages (in Qing times) | Proper Noun |
| 永昌县 永昌縣 | Yongchang county in Jinchang, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui | Proper Noun |
| 药师佛 藥師佛 | Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) | Proper Noun |
| 吐蕃王朝 吐蕃王朝 | Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD | Proper Noun |
| 斯坦因 斯坦因 | Stein (name); Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 汉高祖 漢高祖 | posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC | Proper Noun |
| 波斯 波斯 | Persia | Proper Noun |
| 扶桑 扶桑 | Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan | Proper Noun |
| 永昌 永昌 | Yongchang county in Jinchang, Gansu; ancient prefecture in Yunnan, modern Baoshan | Proper Noun |
| 县城 縣城 | county seat; county town | Proper Noun |
| 玉门关 玉門關 | Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 安居 安居 | Anju district of Suining city, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 拓跋 拓跋 | branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓拔 | Proper Noun |
| 大运河 大運河 | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC | Proper Noun |
| 国民政府 國民政府 | Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948) | Proper Noun |
| 藏人 藏人 | Tibetan (person) | Proper Noun |
| 大庆 大慶 | Daqing, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 西方人 西方人 | Westerner; Occidental | Proper Noun |
| 中国人民解放军 中國人民解放軍 | Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) | Proper Noun |
| 中方 中方 | the Chinese side (in an international venture) | Proper Noun |
| 清廷 清廷 | the Qing court (as government of China) | Proper Noun |
| 清政府 清政府 | Qing government (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 攻陷 攻陷 | to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force | Proper Noun |
| 洋务运动 洋務運動 | Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动 | Proper Noun |
| 佛陀 佛陀 | Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) | Proper Noun |
| 世博会 世博會 | World Expo | Proper Noun |
| 恒河 恆河 | Ganges River | Proper Noun |
| 甘泉 甘泉 | Ganquan county in Yan'an, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 春秋战国时代 春秋戰國時代 | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) | Proper Noun |
| 李宗盛 李宗盛 | Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter | Proper Noun |
| 陆河 陸河 | Luhe county in Shanwei 汕尾, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 乌兹别克斯坦 烏茲別克斯坦 | Uzbekistan | Proper Noun |
| 罗马帝国 羅馬帝國 | Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) | Proper Noun |
| 宁夏 寧夏 | Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan | Proper Noun |
| 塔克拉玛干沙漠 塔克拉瑪干沙漠 | Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 湘江 湘江 | the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province | Proper Noun |
| 山丹县 山丹縣 | Shandan county in Zhangye, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 李希霍芬 李希霍芬 | Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 | Proper Noun |
| 苏武 蘇武 | Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service | Proper Noun |
| 轮台 輪台 | Bügür nahiyisi or Luntai county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 秦安 秦安 | Qin'an county in Tianshui, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 后梁 後梁 | Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923) | Proper Noun |
| 龙门石窟 龍門石窟 | Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 金昌市 金昌市 | Jinchang, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province | Proper Noun |
| 榆林 榆林 | Yulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province | Proper Noun |
| 仁波切 仁波切 | Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific) | Proper Noun |
| 维吾尔人 維吾爾人 | Uighur person or people | Proper Noun |
| 六盘山 六盤山 | Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China | Proper Noun |