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榮 荣 [rong2] /glory/honored/(Ch. med.) nutritive energy; blood/

薩科齊 萨科齐 [Sa4 ke1 qi2] /Sarkozy (French president)/

奉天 奉天 [Feng4 tian1] /old name for Shenyang T:瀋陽|S:沈阳/

瀋陽 沈阳 [Shen3 yang2] /Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province in north east China (former names include Fengtian 奉天, Shengjing 盛京 and Mukden)/

逾越節 逾越节 [yu2 yue4 jie2] /Passover (Jewish fast)/

五旬節 五旬节 [wu3 xun2 jie2] /Pentecost/

西乃 西乃 [Xi1 nai3] /Sinai/

守 守 [shou3] /to guard/to observe (the ritual)/

希律王 希律王 [Xi1 lu:4 wang2] /King Herod (in the biblical nativity story)/

伯利恆 伯利恒 [Bo2 li4 heng2] /Bethelehem (in the biblical nativity story)/

希伯萊大學 希伯莱大学 [Xi1 bo2 lai2 Da4 xue2] /the Hebrew University, Jerusalem/

希伯萊 希伯莱 [Xi1 bo2 lai2] /Hebrew/

希羅底 希罗底 [Xi1 luo2 di3] /Herodium (town in biblical Judea)/

朱迪亞 朱迪亚 [Zhu1 di2 ya4] /Judea/

弗萊威厄斯 弗莱威厄斯 [Fu2 lai2 wei1 e4 si1] /Flavius (Roman historian of 1st Cent AD)/

骸骨 骸骨 [hai2 gu3] /a skeleton/

哭牆 哭墙 [ku1 qiang2] /the Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)/

翻來覆去 翻来覆去 [fan1 lai2 fu4 qu4] /to toss and turn (sleeplessly)/again and again/

人流 人流 [ren2 liu2] /a stream of people/an abortion/abbr. of T:人工流產手術|S:人工流产手术/

順眼 顺眼 [shun4 yan3] /pleasing to the eye/nice to look at/

戀人 恋人 [lian4 ren2] /lover/sweetheart/

主演 主演 [zhu3 yan3] /main actors (in a movie)/starring .../

旗 旗 [qi2] /banner/flag/(in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗 eight banners)/administrative subidivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to T:縣 S:县 county/

旗人 旗人 [qi2 ren2] /Manchurian/refers to 八旗 eight banners)/

旗手 旗手 [qi2 shou3] /a flag carrier (army)/ensign/

旗籍 旗籍 [qi2 ji2] /Manchurian national/

旗丁 旗丁 [qi2 ding1] /Manchurian foot soldier/

旗兵 旗兵 [qi2 bing1] /Manchurian soldier/

旗牌 旗牌 [qi2 pai2] /flag or banner/

旗官 旗官 [qi2 guan1] /Manchurian official/

旗校 旗校 [qi2 xiao4] /Manchurian officer/

校 校 [xiao4] /school/military officer/

校官 校官 [xiao4 guan1] /military officer/ranked officer in Chinese army, divided into 大校, 上校, 中校, 少校/

大校 大校 [da4 xiao4] /senior ranking officer in Chinese army/senior colonel/

上校 上校 [shang4 xiao4] /high ranking officer in Chinese army/colonel/

中校 中校 [zhong1 xiao4] /middle ranking officer in Chinese army/lieutenant colonel/commander/

少校 少校 [shao4 xiao4] /junior ranking officer in Chinese army/major/lieutenant commander/

軍銜 军衔 [jun1 xian2] /army rank/military rank/

周禮 周礼 [zhou1 li3] /the rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)/

款式 款式 [kuan3 shi4] /style/

區畫 区画 [qu1 hua4] /subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)/

區劃 区划 [qu1 hua4] /subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)/

惡意代碼 恶意代码 [e4 yi4 dai4 ma3] /malicious code (e.g. virus)/malware/

惡意中傷 恶意中伤 [e4 yi4 zhong1 shang1] /malicious libel/slander/

代碼 代码 [dai4 ma3] /computer code (e.g. virus)/

調研人員 调研人员 [tiao2 yan2 ren2 yuan2] /research workers/survey and research workers/

條幅 条幅 [tiao2 fu2] /a wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy)/a banner/

隱蔽強迫下載 隐蔽强迫下载 [yin3 bi4 qiang3 po4 xia4 zai4] /drive-by download (a form of malware boobytrap)/silent drive-by download/

陷阱 陷阱 [xian4 jing3] /lit. a pit for trapping animals/a trap/a snare/a boobytrap/

餌雷 饵雷 [er3 lei2] /a baited trap/a boobytrap/

伺服 伺服 [si4 fu2] /servo (small electric motor)/computer server/

虛假 虚假 [xu1 jia3] /false/a fake/an impostor/

登記名 登记名 [deng1 ji4 ming2] /to register one's name/account name (on a computer)/

小玩意 小玩意 [xiao3 wan2 yi4] /gadget/widget (small item of software)/

條幅廣告 条幅广告 [tiao2 fu2 guang3 gao4] /banner advertisment/

幾乎不可能 几乎不可能 [ji1 hu1 bu4 ke3 neng2] /almost impossible/

揮毫 挥毫 [hui1 hao2] /to write or draw with a brush/to put pen to paper/to write/

揮霍 挥霍 [hui1 huo4] /to squander money/extravagant/prodigal/free and easy/agile/

輕捷 轻捷 [qing1 jie2] /light on one's feet/nimble/agile/same as T:輕快敏捷|S:轻快快敏捷/

揮金如土 挥金如土 [hui1 jin1 ru2 tu3] /lit. to squander money like dirt/extravagant/to spend money like water/

挥泪 挥泪 [hui1 lei4] /to brush away a tear/to shed tears/

挥洒 挥洒 [hui1 sa3] /to sprinkle/to shed (tears, blood, etc.)/fig. free, unconstrained/to write in a free style/

揮毫洒墨 挥毫洒灑 [hui1 hao2 sa3 mo4] /lit. to flourish with the pen and sprinkle ink; fig. to write in a free style/

揮師 挥师 [hui1 shi1] /in command of the army/

揮手 挥手 [hui1 shou3] /to wave/to flourish (one's arm or a flag)/

揮舞 挥舞 [hui1 wu3] /to brandish/to wave sth/

佑 佑 [you4] /to bless/to protect/

祐 祐 [you4] /to bless/to protect/

保佑 保佑 [bao3 you4] /to bless and protect/blessing/

庇祐 庇佑 [bi4 you4] /(wr.) to bless/to protect/

多角形 多角形 [duo1 jiao3 xing2] /polygon/same as T:多邊形|S:多边形/

多邊 多边 [duo1 bian1] /multilateral/polygon/

六角形 六角形 [liu4 jiao3 xing2] /hexagon/

正六邊形 正六边形 [zheng4 liu4 bian1 xing2] /regular hexagon/

四角形 四角形 [si4 jiao3 xing2] /quadrilateral/

五角形 五角形 [wu3 jiao3 xing2] /pentagon/

正五邊形 正五边形 [zheng4 wu3 bian1 xing2] /regular pentagon/

帕斯卡六邊形 帕斯卡六边形 [pa4 si1 ka3 liu4 bian1 xing2] /Pascal's hexagon/

七角形 七角形 [qi1 jiao3 xing2] /heptagon/

七邊形 七边形 [qi1 bian1 xing2] /heptagon/

八角形 八角形 [ba1 jiao3 xing2] /octagon/

八邊形 八边形 [ba1 bian1 xing2] /octagon/

九邊形 九边形 [jiu3 bian1 xing2] /nonagon/

十角形 十角形 [shi2 jiao3 xing2] /decagon/

十邊形 十边形 [shi2 bian1 xing2] /decagon/

十二角形 十二角形 [shi2 er4 jiao3 xing2] /dodecagon/

十二邊形 十二边形 [shi2 er4 bian1 xing2] /dodecagon/

八面體 八面体 [si4 mian4 ti3] /octahedron/

十二面體 十二面体 [shi2 er4 mian4 ti3] /dodecahedron/

二十面體 二十面体 [er4 shi2 mian4 ti3] /icosahedron/

多面體 多面体 [duo1 mian4 ti3] /polyhedron/polytope/

多角體 多角体 [duo1 jiao3 ti3] /polyhedron/polytope/

多胞形 多胞形 [duo1 bao1 xing2] /polytope/

正多面體 正多面体 [zheng4 duo1 mian4 ti3] /regular polyhedron/

正多胞形 正多胞形 [zheng4 duo1 bao1 xing2] /convex polytope/

對偶 对偶 [dui4 ou3] /dual/duality/antithesis/coupled phrases (as rhetorical device)/spouse/

對偶多面體 对偶多面体 [dui4 ou3 duo1 mian4 ti3] /dual polyhedron/

凸多面體 凸多面体 [tu1 duo1 mian4 ti3] /convex polyhedron/

凸多胞形 凸多胞形 [tu1 duo1 bao1 xing2] /convex polytope/

正则 正则 [zheng4 ze2] /regular (figure in geometry)/

希耳伯特 希耳伯特 [xi1 er3 bo2 te2] /(David) Hilbert/

平均值定理 平均值定理 [ping2 jun1 zhi2 ding4 li3] /the mean value theorem (in calculus)/

代數基本定理 代数基本定理 [dai4 shu4 ji1 ben3 ding4 li3] /fundamental theorem of algebra/

微積分基本定理 微积分基本定理 [wei1 ji1 fen1 ji1 ben3 ding4 li3] /fundamental theorem of calculus/

基本定理 基本定理 [ji1 ben3 ding4 li3] /fundamental theorem/

身在福中不知福 身在福中不知福 [shen1 zai4 fu2 zhong1 bu4 zhi1 fu2] /(saying) used to describe a person who acts as if he or she is unfortunate, but who is actually unaware of his or her own good fortune/

一相情願 一相情愿 [yi1 xiang1 qing2 yuan4] /one's own wishful thinking/

一廂情願 一厢情愿 [yi1 xiang1 qing2 yuan4] /one's own wishful thinking/

蝨 虱 [shi1] /louse/

蝨子 虱子 [shi1 zi5] /louse (Pediculus humanus)/

木蝨 木虱 [mu4 shi1] /woodlouse/

頭蝨 头虱 [tou2 shi1] /head lice/

亞種 亚种 [ya4 zhong3] /subspecies (taxonomy)/

亞目 亚目 [ya4 mu4] /suborder (taxonomy)/

亞科 亚科 [ya4 ke1] /subfamily (taxonomy)/

雙名法 双名法 [shuang1 ming2 fa3] /binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)/

親緣 亲缘 [qin1 yuan2] /affinity/family relationship/cosanguinity/

鹼基對 碱基对 [jian3 ji1 dui4] /oligonucleotide (short sequence)/an oligo/

檸檬浮霉狀菌 柠檬浮霉状菌 [ning2 meng2 fu2 mei2 zhuang4 jun1] /Planctomyces citreus/

反共 反共 [fan3 gong1] /anticommunist (propaganda)/

反共宣傳罪 反共宣传罪 [fan3 gong4 xuan1 chuan2 zui4] /the crime of anticommunist propaganda/

反共宣傳 反共宣传 [fan3 gong4 xuan1 chuan2] /anticommunist propaganda (as a crime)/

改革派 改革派 [gai3 ge2 pai4] /the reformist party/

多黨制 多党制 [duo1 dang3 zhi4] /multi-party system/

神廟 神庙 [shen2 miao4] /a temple (not specific)/

常溫 常温 [chang2 wen1] /room temperature/ordinary temperatures/

窺探 窥探 [kui1 tan4] /to pry into (military secrets)/to peer (into the dark)/

西元 西元 [xi1 yuan2] /the Western calendar/AD/

上世紀 上世纪 [shang4 shi4 ji4] /last century/

在此後 在此后 [zai4 ci3 hou4] /after this/from then on/

下西洋 下西洋 [xia4 xi1 yang2] /to sail West (from China)/refers to Zhenghe's 15th Century expeditions to the Western Pacific/

西洋 西洋 [xi1 yang2] /the West/Europe/the Pacific (West from China)/

不可思議 不可思议 [bu4 ke3 si1 yi4] /inconceivable/unimaginable/unphatomable/

思議 思议 [si1 yi4] /to imagine/to comprehend/

合謀 合谋 [he2 mou2] /to conspire/to plot together/

被控 被控 [bei4 kong4] /the accused (in a trial)/

殊域周咨錄 殊域周咨录 [Shu1 yu4 zhou1 zi1 lu4] /Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations/

復活的軍團 复活的军团 [Fu4 huo2 de5 jun1 tuan2] /the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army)/

魂牽夢繞 魂牵梦绕 [hun2 qian1 meng4 rao4] /to be captivated/to wonder/enchanting/

魂牽夢縈 魂牵梦萦 [hun2 qian1 meng4 ying2] /to miss/to yearn day and night/

滿天繁星 满天繁星 [man3 tian1 fan2 xing1] /lit. whole sky - multitude of stars/

迷魂 迷魂 [mi2 hun2] /to betwitch/to enchant/to cast a spell over sb/

迷魂湯 迷魂汤 [mi2 hun2 tang1] /lit. waters of oblivion/mythological magic potion to bewitch sb/

迷魂陣 迷魂阵 [mi2 hun2 zhen4] /stratagem to trap sb/to bewitch and trap/

無序 无序 [wu2 xu4] /lack of order/

髒亂 脏乱 [zang1 luan4] /dirty and disordered/in a mess/

松遼平原 松辽平原 [song1 liao2 ping2 yuan2] /plain of NE China including Songhua river through Liaoning peninsula/

淮河 淮河 [Huai2 he2] /the Huaihe river, a main river of E China/

洪澤湖 洪泽湖 [Hong2 ze2] /Hongze lake in Jiangsu province/

兼營 兼营 [jian1 ying2] /a second job/supplementary way of making a living/

挥发油 挥发油 [hui1 fa1 you2] /volatile oil (in general)/gasoline/

石油醚 石油醚 [shi2 you2 mi2] /petroleum ether/

石蠟 石蜡 [shi2 la4] /paraffin wax/

石油蠟 石油蜡 [shi2 you2 la4] /petroleum wax/

揮汗成雨 挥汗成雨 [hui1 han4 cheng2 yu3] /to drip with sweat/sweat poured off (him)/

椰油 椰油 [ye1 you2] /palm oil/

布干維爾 布干维尔 [bu4 gan1 wei2 er3] /Bougainville, Papua New Guinea/

歇業 歇业 [xie1 ye4] /to close down/to go out of business/same as T:停業|S:停业/

搶 抢 [qiang1] /see T:搶風 S:抢风 contrary wind/

搶風航行 抢风航行 [qiang1 feng1 hang2 xing2] /to tack against the wind (sailing)/

搶佔 抢占 [qiang3 zhan4] /to seize (the strategic high ground)/

搶手 抢手 [qiang3 shou3] /a best-seller/a rush to buy/

搶手貨 抢手货 [qiang3 shou3 huo4] /a best-seller/a hot property/

犯罪團伙 犯罪团伙 [fan4 zui4 tuan2 huo3] /a criminal gang/

團伙 团伙 [tuan2 huo3] /a (criminal) gang/a gang member/

僵尸網絡 僵尸网络 [jiang1 shi1 wang3 luo4] /a slave network/a botnet (used by spammers)/

軍備競賽 军备竞赛 [jun1 bei4 jing4 sai4] /arms race/armament(s) race/

首選 首选 [shou3 xuan3] /first choice/premium/to come first in the imperial examinations/

肈建 肇建 [zhao4 jian4] /to build (for the first time)/to create (a building)/

咸豐 咸丰 [Xian2 feng1] /reign name of Qing emperor (1850—1861)/Xianfeng county in Hubei province/

嘉庆 嘉庆 [Jia1 qing4] /reign name of Qing emperor (1796-1820)/

道光 道光 [Dao4 guang1] /reign name of Qing emperor (1821—1850)/

同治 同治 [Tong2 zhi4] /reign name of Qing emperor (1861—1875)/

後金 后金 [Hou4 jin1] /the Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-)/the Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as the Qing dynasty in 1644/

金國汗 金国汗 [Jin1 guo2 han4] /the Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-)/the Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as the Qing dynasty in 1644/

愛新覺羅 愛新觉罗 [Ai4 xin1 jue2 luo2] /Aisin gioro (Manchu: Golden clan)/the Manchu surname of the Qing emperors/

努爾哈赤 努尔哈赤 [Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] /Nurhaci (1558-1626) the founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty/

照葫蘆畫瓢 照葫芦画瓢 [zhao4 hu2 lu2 hua4 piao2] /lit. to draw a painting inside a gourd; fig. a model/a world in a nutshell/

屋架 屋架 [wu1 jia4] /a building/the frame of a building/roof beam/truss/

華誕 华诞 [hua2 dan4] /your birthday (honorific)/

客家 客家 [ke4 jia1] /hakka (a Chinese dialect)/

吐谷渾 吐谷浑 [Tu3 yu3 hun2] /Tuyuhun, a Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/a state in Qinhai in 4th-7th century AD/

鮮卑 鮮卑 [xian1 bei1] /Xianbei or Xianbi, a group of northern nomadic peoples/

拓跋 拓跋 [Tuo4 ba2] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

拓拔 拓拔 [Tuo4 ba2] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

禿發 秃发 [Tu1 fa1] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

乞伏 乞伏 [Qi3 fu2] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

慕容 慕容 [Mu4 rong2] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

宇文 宇文 [Yu3 wen2] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

段氏 段氏 [Duan4 shi4] /a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people/

同心 同心 [Tong2 xin1] /Tongxin county in Ningxia/with common wishes/a spirit of cooperation/concentric/

邦國 邦国 [bang1 guo2] /country/state/

群山 群山 [qun2 shan1] /mountains/a range of hills/

深邃 深邃 [shen1 sui4] /deep (valley or night)/abstruse/hidden in depth/

幽深 幽深 [you1 shen1] /serene and hidden in depth or distance/

祅 祅 [yao1] /evil spirit/goblin/witchcraft/variant of 妖/common erroneous variant of 祆 Xian1 Ormazda/

祆教 祆教 [Xian1 jiao4] /Zoroastrianism/

瑣羅亞斯德教 琐罗亚斯德教 [Suo3 luo2 ya4 si1 de2 jiao4] /Zoroastrianism/

瑣羅亞斯德 琐罗亚斯德 [Suo3 luo2 ya4 si1 de2] /Zoroaster, Zarathustra or Zarathushtra (c. 1200 BC), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism/

波斯教 波斯教 [Bo1 si1 jiao4] /Persian religion/Zoroastrianism or Manicheanism/

拜火教 拜火教 [Bai4 huo3 jiao4] /sun worship/Zoroastrianism/same as 祆教/

禮儀 礼仪 [li3 yi2] /etiquette/ceremony/

天神 天神 [tian1 shen2] /a God/a deity/

祆道 祆道 [Xian1 dao4] /Zoroastrianism/same as 祆教/

景教 景教 [Jing3 jiao4] /Nestorian Christianity/

玄奘 玄奘 [Xuan2 zhuang3] /Xuan zhuang, Tang dynasty Buddhist priest and translator, who traveled to India 629-645/

大唐西域記 大唐西域记 [Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 ji4] /Report of the regions west of Great Tang/travel record of Xuan Zhuang 玄奘/

西游記 西游记 [Xi1 you2 ji4] /Journey to the West (Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng en 吴承恩)/

吳承恩 吴承恩 [Wu2 Cheng2 en1] /author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West/

孫悟空 孙悟空 [Sun1 Wu4 kong1] /the Journey to the WestMonkey King, hero of novel 西游记 Journey to the West/

三教 三教 [san1 jiao4] /the Three Doctrines (Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism)/

儒教 儒教 [Ru2 jiao4] /Confucianism/

三夷教 三夷教 [san1 yi2 jiao4] /the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism)/

明教 明教 [Ming2 jiao4] /Manicheism/same as 摩尼教/

耶穌教 耶穌教 [Ye1 su1 jiao4] /Christianity/Jesuit catholicism/

太平天國 太平天国 [Tai4 ping2 tian1 guo2] /the Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)/

洪秀全 洪秀全 [Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] /Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1812-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom/

帕西 帕西 [pa4 xi1] /Parsi/Farsi/Persian/

西元前 西元前 [Xi1 yuan2 qian2] /before the common era/BC/

西元 西元 [Xi1 yuan2] /the start of the western calendar/same as 公元/

南宋 南宋 [Nan2 song4] /the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279 AD)/

薩珊王朝 萨珊王朝 [Sa4 shan1 wang2 chao2] /Sassanid empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th Cent AD)/

阿黑門尼德王朝 阿黑门尼德王朝 [A1 hei1 men2 ni2 de2 wang2 chao2] /Achaemenid empire of Persian (559-330 BC)/

歐亞 欧亚 [Ou1 ya4] /Eurasia/

蘆溝橋 芦沟桥 [lu2 gou1 qiao2] /Lugou bridge or Marco Polo bridge, the scene of "incident" sparking WW2 between Japan and China/

清明節 清明节 [qing1 ming2 jie2] /Qingming (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping) festival, lunar 4th-6th Apr/

清明 清明 [qing1 ming2] /Qingming (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping) festival lunar 4th-6th Apr/

寒食 寒食 [han2 shi2] /cold food (i.e., to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival T:清明節 S:清明节)/the Qingming festival/

掃墓 扫墓 [sao3 mu4] /to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors)/the Qingming festival/

上墳 上坟 [shang4 fen2] /to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors)/the Qingming festival/

祭祖 祭祖 [ji4 zu3] /to sacrifice to one's ancestors/

七夕節 七夕节 [qi1 xi1 jie2] /double seven festival or girls' festival, evening of lunar 7th Jul/

七夕 七夕 [qi1 xi1] /double seven festival or girls' festival, evening of lunar 7th Jul/

孵化 孵化 [fu1 hua4] /breeding/to incubate/innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)/

卵 卵 [luan3] /egg/ovum/spawn/

嬉戲 嬉戏 [xi1 xi4] /to frolic/fun/a romp/

玩耍 玩耍 [wan2 shua3] /to enjoy oneself/an entertainment/to play (of children)/

絨毛 绒毛 [rong2 mao2] /fur/down (soft fur)/villi capillary (in the small intestine)/

巔峰 巅峰 [dian1 feng1] /summit/at its peak, or at its most advanced state/

浩劫 浩劫 [hao4 jie2] /calamity/catastrophe/apocalypse/

啟示錄 启示录 [Qi3 shi4 lu4] /the Book of Revelations/the Apocalypse/

啟示 启示 [qi3 shi4] /enlightenment/revelation/apocalypse/

北非 北非 [Bei3 Fei1] /North Africa/

克里特島 克里特岛 [Ke4 li3 te2 dao3] /Crete/

克里特 克里特 [Ke4 li3 te2] /Crete/

米諾安 米诺安 [Mi3 nuo4 an1] /Minoan (civilization on Crete)/

諾塞斯 诺塞斯 [nuo4 sai1 si1] /Knossos (Minoan palace at Iraklion, Crete)/

桑托里尼島 桑托里尼岛 [sang1 tuo1 li3 ni2 dao3] /Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)/

馬雅 马雅 [Ma3 ya3] /Maya (civilization of central America)/

所多瑪與蛾摩拉 所多玛与蛾摩拉 [Suo3 duo1 ma3 yu3 E2 mo2 la1] /Sodom and Gomorrah/

死海 死海 [Si3 hai3] /the Dead Sea (Palestine)/

條形 条形 [tiao2 xing2] /a bar/a strip/

明細 明细 [ming2 xi4] /clear and detailed/definite/details (are as follows:)/

修訂版 修订版 [xiu1 ding4 ban3] /revised edition/revised version/

譚盾 谭盾 [Tan2 dun4] /Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer/

梗概 梗概 [geng3 gai4] /synopsis/outline (of story)/

大略 大略 [da4 lu:e4] /a broad outline/the general idea/roughly/

粗略 粗略 [cu1 lu:e4] /rough (not precise or accurate)/cursory/

新浪網 新浪网 [xin1 lang4 wang3] /Sina (Chinese online media company)/

人民網 人民网 [ren2 min2 wang3] /online version of the People's Daily 人民日报/

鋼廠 钢厂 [gang1 chang3] /a steelworks/

鐮刀斧頭 镰刀斧头 [lian2 dao1 fu3 tou2] /the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, with symbol of rural and proletarian labour)/

分佈式拒絕服務 分布式拒绝服务 [fen1 bu4 shi4 ju4 jue2 fu2 wu4] /distributed denial of service (DDOS) form of internet attack/

懷舊 怀旧 [huai2 jiu4] /fond remembrance of times past/nostalgia/

卡拉什尼科夫 卡拉什尼科夫 [Ka3 la1 shi2 ni2 ke1 fu1] /Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)/

軍情五處 军情五处 [jun1 qing2 wu3 chu3] /MI5/British military intelligence agency/

軍情 军情 [jun1 qing2] /military intelligence/

杜牧 杜牧 [Du4 mu4] /Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet/

武举 武举 [wu3 ju3] /successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination/

杏花村 杏花村 [xing4 hua1 cun1] /village in Shaanxi province, famous among poets for its wine/

名酒 名酒 [ming2 jiu3] /a famous wine/

燒酒 烧酒 [shao1 jiu3] /name of a famous Tang dynasty wine/same as 白酒/clear distilled wine/

黑枕黃鸝 黑枕黄鹂 [hei1 zhen3 huang2 li2] /Black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)/

黃鶯 黄莺 [huang2 ying1] /Black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)/

鵯 鹎 [bei1] /the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds/

白頭鵯 白头鹎 [bai2 tou2 bei1] /Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)/

鷀 鹚 [ci2] /cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)/same as T:鸕鷀|S:鸬鹚/

鸕鷀 鸬鹚 [lu2 ci2] /cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)/

魚鷹 鱼鹰 [yu2 ying1] /name used for many fishing birds/cormorant/osprey/

水老鴉 水老鴉 [shui3 lao3 ya1] /common name for cormorant/

江南 江南 [jiang1 nan2] /south of Changjiang or Yangtze river/south of the lower reaches of Changjiang/often refers to S Jiangsu, S Anhui, and N Zhejiang provinces/in literature, refers to the sunny south/

南朝 南朝 [nan2 chao2] /southern dynasties/common terms for the Southern Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties of 5th and 6th cent./

厄爾尼諾 厄尔尼诺 [e4 er3 ni2 nuo4] /El Nino (climate variation in the Pacific Ocean)/

厄爾尼諾现象 厄尔尼诺現象 [e4 er3 ni2 nuo4 xian4 xiang4] /the El Nino effect (climate variation in the Pacific Ocean)/

閑暇 闲暇 [xian2 xia2] /leisure/free time/unoccupied/not in use/

文武百官 文武百官 [wen2 wu3 bai3 guan1] /civil and military officials/

隋文帝 隋文帝 [Sui2 wen2 di4] /first Sui emperor (reign name 581-604)/

楊堅 杨坚 [Yang2 jian1] /personal name of first Sui emperor 隋文帝/

大唐 大唐 [da4 tang2] /the Tang dynasty (618-907)/

唐高祖 唐高祖 [Tang2 gao1 zu3] /first Tang emperor (reigned 618-626)/

李淵 李渊 [li3 yuan1] /personal name of first Tang emperor/

唐太宗 唐太宗 [tang2 tai4 zong1] /second Tang emperor (reigned 626-649)/

高句麗 高句丽 [gao1 ju4 li2] /Kougouli, one of the Korean three kingdoms (57BC-668AD)/

建文帝 建文帝 [Jian4 wen2 di4] /reign name of second Ming Emperor (1399-1402)/

組分 组分 [zu3 fen4] /components/individual parts making up a compound/

蒸餾水 蒸馏水 [zheng1 liu4 shui3] /distilled water/

葉利欽 叶利钦 [ye4 li4 qin1] /Yeltsin/Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first president of Russia in post-communist period/

泰晤士河 泰晤士河 [tai4 wu4 shi4 he2] /the Thames (river through London)/

泰晤士报 泰晤士报 [tai4 wu4 shi4 bao4] /the Times (newspaper)/

泰晤士 泰晤士 [tai4 wu4 shi4] /the Times (newspaper)/the Thames (river)/

口袋 口袋 [kou3 dai4] /a bag/a pocket/

装 裝 [zhuang1] /adornment/adorn/dress/clothing/costume (of an actor in a play)/to play a role/to pretend/to install/to fix/to wrap (sth in a bag)/

一直 一直 [yi1 zhi2] /straight (in a straight line)/continuously/always/from the beginning of ... up to .../all along/always/

具 具 [ju4] /tool/device/utensil/equipment/instrument/measure word (for devices, coffins, dead bodies)/

五四運動 五四运动 [wu3 si4 yun4 dong4] /Chinese national renewal movement, started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles/

濫觴 滥觞 [lan4 shang1] /lit. floating wine goblets on a stream/the origin (of some phenomenon)/

氣餒 气馁 [qi4 nei3] /to be discouraged/

河殤 河殇 [he2 shang1] /River elegy (influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, that stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s)/

記錄片 记录片 [ji4 lu4 pian4] /documentary movie or TV program/

細密 细密 [xi4 mi4] /fine (texture)/meticulous/close (analysis)/detailed/

粗疏 粗疏 [cu1 shu1] /coarse/rough/

積弱 积弱 [ji1 ruo4] /cumulative weakness/to decline (over time)/degeneration/

失血 失血 [shi1 xue4] /blood loss/

垂危 垂危 [chui2 wei1] /close to death/life-threatening (illness)/

虛脫 虚脱 [xu1 tuo1] /exhaustion/collapse from dehydration/

減退 减退 [jian3 tui4] /to ebb/to go down/to decline/

滇池 滇池 [Dian1 chi2] /lake Dianchi in Yunnan/

昆陽 昆阳 [Kun1 yang2] /Kunyang town and former county in Yunnan/

亞父 亚父 [ya4 fu4] /(term of respect) second only to father/like a father (to me)/

項羽 项羽 [Xiang4 yu3] /Xiangyu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor/

亞熱帶 亚热带 [ya4 re4 dai4] /subtropical (zone or climate)/

亞細亞洲 亚细亚洲 [ya4 xi4 ya4 zhou1] /Asia/Asian continent/

亞細亞 亚细亚 [Ya4 xi4 ya4] /Asia/Asian continent/

揮動 挥动 [hui1 dong4] /to wave something/to brandish something/

障眼 障眼 [zhang4 yan3] /lit. a blindfold; fig. to make one blind to sth/

唐寧街 唐宁街 [Tang2 ning2 jie1] /Downing Street (London)/

基民黨 基民党 [ji1 min2 dang3] /Christian democratic party/

社民黨 社民党 [ji1 min2 dang3] /Social democratic party/

砲艦 炮舰 [pao4 jian4] /gunboat/gunship/

火砲 火炮 [huo3 pao4] /cannon/gun/

口徑 口径 [kou3 jing4] /calibre/diameter of opening/

防火長城 防火长城 [fang2 huo3 chang2 cheng2] /the Great Firewall of China (internet censorship)/

殼 壳 [qiao4] /shell/variant of T:殼|S:壳/

托勒玫 托勒玫 [Tuo1 le4 mei2] /Ptolemaeus or Ptolemy, the astronomer (c 90–c 168 AD)/

張衡 张衡 [Zhang1 heng2] /Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician/

說 说 [shuo1] /to speak/to say/a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)/

渾天說 浑天说 [hun2 tian1 shuo1] /geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy/

渾儀註 浑仪注 [hun2 yi2 zhu4] /book by Han dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng/

非凡 非凡 [fei1 fan2] /out of the ordinary/unusually (good, talented, etc.)/

辭書學 辞书学 [ci2 shu1 xue2] /lexicography/making dictionaries/

詞條 词条 [ci2 tiao2] /a dictionary entry/

快慢 快慢 [kuai4 man4] /speed/

漏水轉渾天儀 漏水转浑天仪 [lou4 shui3 zhuan4 hun2 tian1 yi2] /water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)/

轉渾天儀 转浑天仪 [zhuan4 hun2 tian1 yi2] /armillary sphere (astronomy)/

郭沫若 郭沫若 [Guo1 mo4 ruo4] /Guo Moruo (1892~1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik/

榮譽 荣誉 [rong2 yu4] /honor/emeritus/

榮譽教授 荣誉教授 [rong2 yu2 jiao4 shou4] /emeritus professor/

全稱 全称 [quan2 cheng1] /full name/

邊長 边长 [bian1 chang2] /length (of a side, geom.)/

粵語 粤语 [yue4 yu3] /Cantonese/

視窗 视窗 [shi4 chuang1] /a window (on a computer screen)/Windows (the Microsoft operating system)/

承矇 承蒙 [cheng2 meng2] /to be indebted (to sb)/

承矇關照 承蒙关照 [cheng2 meng2 guan1 zhao4] /to be endebted to sb for care/thank your for looking after me/

客套 客套 [ke4 tao4] /polite greeting/courtesy (in words)/

鎖國 锁国 [suo3 guo2] /to close a country to exclude foreign contact/a closed country (such as Qing China or N Korea)/

黑肺病 黑肺病 [hei1 fei4 bing4] /pneumoconiosis (occupational disease of coal miners)/silicosis/same as 矽肺病/

硅肺病 硅肺病 [gui1 fei4 bing4] /silicosis (occupational disease of miners)/grinder's disease/

磨工病 磨工病 [mo4 gong1 bing4] /grinder's disease/silicosis/

石末沉着病 石末沉着病 [shi2 mo4 chen2 zhuo2 bing4] /silicosis/

石末肺 石末肺 [shi2 mo4 fei4] /silicosis/grinder's disease/

石匠癆 石匠痨 [shi2 jiang4 lao2] /silicosis (occupational disease of miners)/grinder's disease/

矽末病 矽末病 [xi1 mo4 bing4] /silicosis/same as 硅肺病/

矽肺病 矽肺病 [xi1 fei4 bing4] /silicosis/same as 硅肺病/

科羅拉多大峽谷 科罗拉多大峡谷 [Ke1 luo2 la1 duo1 da4 xia2 gu3] /the Grand Canyon (Colorado)/

馬六甲 马六甲 [ma3 liu4 ka3] /Molucca or Melaka (Malaysian town, and strait between Malaysia and Sumatra)/

馬六甲海峽 马六甲海峡 [ma3 liu4 ka3] /Molucca strait between Malaysia and Sumatra/

羅斯福 罗斯福 [luo2 si1 fu2] /Roosevelt/

阿基米德 阿基米德 [a4 ji1 mi3 de2] /Archimedes (c. 287—212 BC)/

純度 纯度 [chun2 du4] /purity/

浮力定律 浮力定律 [fu2 li4 ding4 lu:4] /Archimedes' law of flotation/

窮竭法 穷竭法 [qiong2 jie2 fa3] /Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)/

邎 遥 [yao2] /variant of T:遙|S:遥/

賢妻良母 贤妻良母 [xian2 qi1 liang2 mu3] /a good wife/a virtuous wife (Confucianism)/

霸王別姬 霸王别姬 [ba4 wang2 bie2 ji1] /Xiang Yu bids farewell to his favorite concubine (classic subject)/Farewell my concubine (film by Chen Kaige)/

鞏俐 巩俐 [Gong3 Li4] /Gong Li, female film star/

無極 无极 [Wu2 ji2] /Wuji (place in Hebei)/The Promise (name of film by Chen Kaige)/

無極 无极 [wu2 ji2] /everlasting/unbounded/