Vocabulary
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| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 清水 清水 | Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 唐朝 唐朝 | Tang dynasty | Proper Noun |
| 紫禁城 紫禁城 | the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as | Proper Noun |
| 马尾 馬尾 | Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City, Fujian | Proper Noun |
| 小林 小林 | Kobayashi (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 紫金 紫金 | Zijin county in Heyuan, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 李世民 李世民 | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong (599-649), reigned 626-649 | Proper Noun |
| 大英 大英 | Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain | Proper Noun |
| 顺治 順治 | reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) | Proper Noun |
| 明清 明清 | the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties | Proper Noun |
| 无锡 無錫 | Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 意大利人 意大利人 | Italian person | Proper Noun |
| 武圣 武聖 | the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu) | Proper Noun |
| 老佛爷 老佛爺 | title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi | Proper Noun |
| 文革 文革 | Cultural Revolution (1966-76) | Proper Noun |
| 维多利亚女王 維多利亞女王 | Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901) | Proper Noun |
| 清廷 清廷 | the Qing court (as government of China) | Proper Noun |
| 工业革命 工業革命 | Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 | Proper Noun |
| 大英博物馆 大英博物館 | British Museum | Proper Noun |
| 中非 中非 | China-Africa (relations); Central Africa; Central African Republic | Proper Noun |
| 清代 清代 | Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 冯玉祥 馮玉祥 | Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek | Proper Noun |
| 溥仪 溥儀 | Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor | Proper Noun |
| 海淀区 海淀區 | Haidian, a district of Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 辽金 遼金 | Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) | Proper Noun |
| 太和殿 太和殿 | Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City | Proper Noun |
| 端木 端木 | two-character surname Duanmu | Proper Noun |
| 国家文物局 國家文物局 | PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) | Proper Noun |
| 王羲之 王羲之 | Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣 | Proper Noun |
| 石渠阁 石渠閣 | cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism as state canon | Proper Noun |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 泽 澤 | marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance | |
| 彩 彩 | hue, color; variegated colors | |
| 摩 摩 | rub, scour, grind; friction | |
| 徐 徐 | slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified | |
| 傅 傅 | tutor, teacher; assist; surname | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 仓 倉 | granary; berth; sea | |
| 模 模 | model, standard, pattern; copy | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 尤 尤 | especially, particularly | |
| 假象 假象 | false appearance; facade | |
| 亲民 親民 | in touch with the people; sensitive to people's needs | |
| 稿 稾 | draft, manuscript, rough copy | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 冠 冠 | cap, crown, headgear | |
| 庆 慶 | congratulate, celebrate |