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Change log entry 43
Processed by: mdbg (2007-05-24 18:05:35 GMT)
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# about 140 lines of corrections and additions. Miles
# problematic word: 内涵 [nei4 han2]. It is fairly common. I think it means
# /content/meaning/ I don't know about the meanings in CEDICT, and can't
# find anything close them in the Chinese dictionaries. The English language
# version of XHCD gives a longwinded explanation that I have cut down.
- 內涵 内涵 [nei4 han2] /intention/connotation/ability of exercising self-control/self-restraint/
+ 內涵 内涵 [nei4 han2] /meaning/content/essential properties implied or reflected by a notion/intention/connotation/self-possessed/
+ 內涵意義 内涵意义 [nei4 han2 yi4 yi4] /implied meaning/intended meaning/the logical content of a word or technical notion/
- 涵養 涵养 [han2 yang3] /breeding (i.e., aristocratic)/
+ 涵養 涵养 [han2 yang3] /to retain (e.g. water)/self-restraint/patience/self-possessed/
# nonsense definition
- 輒 辄 [zhe2] /sides of chariot where weapons/
+ 輒 辄 [zhe2] /often/regularly/(archaic) luggage rack on a chariot (drooping down like ears, hence "chariot ears")/
+ 輙 輙 [zhe2] /variant of T:輒|S:辄/
- 旂 旂 [qi2] /flag/
# nonstandard abbr.
+ 旂 旂 [qi2] /flag/variant of 旗/
# The current definition of 旗号 misreads an example of useage 他打着援助的旗号,干着破坏的勾当 "flying the flag of assistance to cover his evil doings" or "shady business under the auspices of some good name" as if it were a definition.
# see http://xh.5156edu.com + 旗号 {}. XHCD gives a different example 要警惕打着革命的旗号搞腐败 "We must guard against those who fly the banner of Revolution to hide corrupt practices."
- 旗號 旗号 [qi2 hao4] /(n) banner, under the auspices of the flag, showing the flag while actually doing a crime/
+ 旗號 旗号 [qi2 hao4] /lit. a banner to distinguish an army unit or the name of its general/fig. to act in the name (of an idea or an organisation)/to fly the flag (as a cover for shady business)/used for T:旗語|S:旗语 semaphore/
- 旗語 旗语 [qi2 yu3] /semaphore/
+ 旗語 旗语 [qi2 yu3] /signal flags (for communicating between ships or army units)/semaphore/
+ 戰旗 战旗 [zhan4 qi2] /a war flag/an army banner/
+ 旗幅 旗幅 [qi2 fu2] /to fly (from a flagpole)/to flutter in the wind/
+ 旗桿 旗杆 [qi2 gan3] /a flagpole/
+ 昇旗 升旗 [sheng1 qi2] /to hoist a flag/
- 音質 音质 [yin1 zhi4] /(n) timber/
+ 音質 音质 [yin1 zhi4] /tone/sound quality/timbre/
- 音色 音色 [yin1 se4] /timber (music)/
+ 音色 音色 [yin1 se4] /tone/timbre/sound colour/
+ 鬆軟 松软 [song1 ruan3] /flexible (not rigid)/spongey/soft or runny (not set hard)/loose (soil)/
+ 織物 织物 [zhi1 wu4] /cloth/woven material/textiles/
+ 旗鼓相當 旗鼓相当 [qi2 gu3 xiang1 dang1] /lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums; fig. evenly matched/roughly comparable (opponents)/
+ 足球隊 足球队 [zu2 qiu2 dui4] /soccer team/
+ 旗開得勝 旗开得胜 [qi2 kai1 de2 sheng4] /lit. to win a victory on raising the flag; fig. to start on sth and have immediate success/success in a single move/
# crazy definition, but the original has many meanings
- 高低 高低 [gao1 di1] /(adv) simply; just/(n) height/(n) quality; scale from best to worst/
+ 高低 高低 [gao1 di1] /height/high or low (altitude or pitch of sound)/ups and downs (success or failure)/whether sth is right or wrong/comparative strength, weight, depth, stature/(spoken interjection) anyway, whatever/eventually, in the end/
+ 高低潮 高低潮 [gao1 di1 chao2] /the tide/high and low water/
+ 高低杠 高低杠 [gao1 di1 gang4] /uneven bars (gymnastics)/
+ 同房 同房 [tong2 fang2] /to cohabit (esp. to live as man and wife)/
+ 該隱 该隐 [Gai3 yin2] /Cain (in Genesis 4:1)/
- 亞伯 亚伯 [Ya4 bo2] /Abe (short form for Abraham)/
+ 亞伯 亚伯 [Ya4 bo2] /Abe (short form for Abraham)/Abel (in Genesis 4:2)/
- 受僱 受雇 [shou4 gu4] /mercenary/
+ 受僱 受雇 [shou4 gu4] /to employ/to pay/to be paid/to be hired (as a bodyguard or mercenary)/
+ 救生筏 救生筏 [jiu4 sheng1 fa2] /a liferaft/
+ 韓聯社 韩联社 [Han2 lian2 she4] /Yonhap (South Korean news agency)/
+ 中國海事局 中国海事局 [Zhong1 guo2 hai3 shi4 ju2] /PRC Maritime Safety Agency/
+ 海事局 事局 [hai3 shi4 ju2] /PRC Maritime Safety Agency/
+ 沉船事故 沉船事故 [chen2 chuan2 shi4 gu4] /a shipwreck/a sinking/
+ 中方 中方 [zhong1 fang1] /the Chinese side (in an international venture)/
+ 觸動 触动 [chu4 dong4] /to touch/to stir up (trouble or emotions)/to move (sb's emotions or worry)/
# this definition is completely off-beam
- 馬克思 马克思 [Ma3 ke4 si1] /(n) Marx/
+ 馬克思 马克思 [Ma3 ke4 si1] /Marx (name)/Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933)/Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism/
+ 鴨子湯 鸭子汤 [ya1 zi5 tang1] /Duck soup/
- 恩格斯 恩格斯 [En1 ge2 si1] /Engels/
+ 恩格斯 恩格斯 [En1 ge2 si1] /Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of marxism/
+ 憲章派 宪章派 [xian4 zhang1 pai4] /the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)/
+ 國際共產主義運動 国际共产主义运动 [guo2 ji4 gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 yun4 dong4] /Comintern/the international communist movement/
- 共產黨宣言 共产党宣言 [gong4 chan3 dang3 xuan1 yan2] /The Communist Manifesto/
+ 共產黨宣言 共产党宣言 [gong4 chan3 dang3 xuan1 yan2] /Manifesto of the Communist Party/"Manifest der kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848)/
+ 一個幽靈在歐洲遊蕩 一个幽灵在欧洲游荡 [yi1 ge4 you1 ling2 zai4 ou1 zhou1 you2 dang4] /Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa/the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist manifesto"/
+ 全世界無產者聯合起来 全世界无产者联合起来 [quan2 shi4 jie4 wu2 chan3 zhe3 lian2 he2 qi3 lai5] /Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!/Workers of the world, unite!/
+ 費爾巴哈 费尔巴哈 [Fei4 er3 ba1 ha1] /Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), materialist philosopher/
+ 普魯東主義 普鲁东主义 [pu3 lu3 dong1 zhu3 yi4] /Proudhonism, a 19th century socialist theory/
- 普魯東 普鲁东 [Pu3 lu3 dong1] /Proudhon (philosopher)/
+ 普魯東 普鲁东 [Pu3 lu3 dong1] /Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809—1865), French socialist philosopher/
+ 敦豪快遞公司 敦豪快递公司 [Dun1 hao2 kuai4 di4 gong1 si1] /DHL/
+ 敦豪快遞 敦豪快递 [dun1 hao2 kuai4 di4] /DHL/
- 年鑒 年鉴 [nian2 jian4] /almanac/
+ 年鑒 年鉴 [nian2 jian4] /almanac/yearbook/
- 博士後 博士后 [bo2 shi4 hou4] /postdoctoral researcher/
+ 博士後 博士后 [bo2 shi4 hou4] /postdoc/a postdoctoral position/
+ 簡約 简约 [jian3 yue1] /sketchy/concise/abbreviated/
+ 除子 除子 [chu2 zi3] /divisor (math.)/
+ 相交數 相交数 [xiang1 jiao1 shu4] /intersection number (math.)/
+ 切空間 切空间 [qie1 kong1 jian1] /space of sections (math)/
+ 參量 参量 [can1 liang4] /parameter (math)/quantity used as a parameter/modulus (math.)/
+ 參量空間 参量空间 [can1 liang4 kong1 jian1] /moduli space (math.)/parameter space/
+ 純粹數學 纯粹数学 [chun2 cui4 shu4 xue2] /pure mathematics/
- 闡述 阐述 [chan3 shu4] /expound (a position)/elaborate (on a topic)/
+ 闡述 阐述 [chan3 shu4] /to expound (a position)/to elaborate (on a topic)/to treat (a subject)/
+ 今非昔比 今非昔比 [jin1 fei1 xi1 bi1] /You can't compare the present with the past./Nothing is as good as in former times./Things ain't what they used to be./
+ 狂牛病 狂牛病 [kuang2 niu2 bing4] /mad cow disease/bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE/
+ 頭顱 头颅 [tou2 lu2] /head/skull/
+ 本期 本期 [ben3 qi1] /the current period/this term (usually in finance)/
+ 博士買驢 博士买驴 [bo2 shi4 mai3 lu:2] /Lit. the scholar buys a donkey; longwinded verbiage that never gets to the point/a proverb mocking scholastic pomposity/
+ 美製 美制 [mei3 zhi4] /American made/
+ 法製 法制 [fa3 zhi4] /French made/
- 幻影 幻影 [huan4 ying3] /phantom/
+ 幻影 幻影 [huan4 ying3] /phantom/mirage/
- 加油 加油 [jia1 you2] /to make an extra effort/to cheer sb. on/
+ 加油 加油 [jia1 you2] /to make an extra effort/to cheer sb on/to refuel/
+ 起降 起降 [qi3 jiang4] /taking off and landing/
+ 誤區 误区 [wu4 qu1] /error/inconsistency/
- 恥辱 耻辱 [chi3 ru4] /disgrace/
+ 恥辱 耻辱 [chi3 ru4] /disgrace/shame/humiliation/
- 投 投 [tou2] /to throw/to send/
+ 投 投 [tou2] /to throw/to send/to invest/
+ 三峽大壩 三峡大坝 [san1 xia2 da4 ba4] /the Three Gorges dam on the Changjiang/
+ 截斷 截断 [jie2 duan4] /to cut off/
+ 家壩水電站 家坝水电站 [jia1 ba4 shui3 dian4 zhan4] /hydroelectric power plant of Three Gorges dam/
+ 憂患 忧患 [you1 huan4] /suffering/misery/hardship/
- 席卷 席卷 [xi2 juan3] /engulf/sweep/carry away everything/
+ 席捲 席卷 [xi2 juan3] /engulf/sweep/carry away everything/
+ 高溫熱流 高温热流 [gao1 wen1 re4 liu2] /a heat wave/
# to tremble (in fear, of cold or in excitement). But these meanings are wrong
- 顫抖 颤抖 [chan4 dou3] /quiver/thrill/
+ 顫抖 顫抖 [chan4 dou3] /to tremble/to shudder/trembling/vibration/
+ 束手無策 束手无策 [shu4 shou3 wu2 ce4] /lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it; fig. helpless in the face of a crisis/
+ 光怪陸離 光怪陆离 [guang1 guai4 lu4 li2] /monstrous and multicolored/grotesque and variegated/
# The regular trad form and the variant trad form are the wrong way around (my mistake)
# two different trad forms of 奖. The correct and more common is 獎 (dog radical); the less common is 奬 (great radical)
- 奬 奖 [jiang3] /a prize (e.g. the Nobel prize)/
+ 奬 奖 [jiang3] /variant of 獎/
- 獎 奖 [jiang3] /old variant of 奬/prize/award/encouragement/
+ 獎 奖 [jiang3] /prize/award/encouragement/
- 獲奬 获奖 [huo4 jiang3] /prize-winning/
+ 獲獎 获奖 [huo4 jiang3] /prize-winning/
# poor definitions
- 賞 赏 [shang3] /enjoy the beauty of/give/
+ 賞 赏 [shang3] /to bestow (a reward)/to give (to an inferior)/to hand down/a reward (bestowed by a superior)/to appreciate (beauty)/
+ 賞賜 赏赐 [shang3 ci4] /to bestow/to confer (a reward for service)/a reward/
+ 頒賞 颁赏 [ban1 shang3] /to bestow a prize or reward/an award/
+ 頒示 颁示 [ban1 shi4] /to make public/to display/
+ 攽 攽 [ban1] /variant of T:頒|S:颁/
+ 頒布 颁布 [ban1 bu4] /to issue/to promulgate/
+ 頒賜 颁赐 [ban1 ci4] /to award (a prize)/to confer on somebody/to confer upon by authority/
+ 頒獎 颁奖 [ban1 jiang3] /to award (a mdeal)/
+ 槍支 枪支 [qiang1 zhi1] /a gun/guns in general/
+ 槍枝 枪枝 [qiang1 zhi1] /a gun/guns in general/same as T:槍支|S:枪支/
+ 晩 晩 [wan3] /compatability variant of 晚/evening/late/
+ 筆劃 笔划 [bi3 hua4] /strokes of Chinese characters/number of strokes of a Chinese character (in dictionaries)/
+ 形声 形声 [xing2 sheng1] /radical plus phonetic (a method of forming Chinese characters)/
+ 晚輩 晚辈 [wan3 bei4] /the younger generation/those who come after/
+ 晚車 晚车 [wan3 che1] /night train/
+ 晚禱 晚祷 [wan3 dao3] /evening prayer/evensong/vespers/
+ 晚世 晚世 [wan3 shi4] /nowadays/
+ 筀 筀 [gui4] /bamboo (archaic)/
+ 筀竹 筀竹 [gui4 zhu2] /bamboo (archaic)/
+ 虞喜 虞喜 [Yu2 xi3] /Chinese astronomer (281-356 AD) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes/
+ 祖沖之 祖冲之 [Zu3 chong1 zhi1] /Zu Chongzhi (429-500 AD), astronomer and mathematician/
+ 創製 创制 [chuang4 zhi4] /to create/to build (a mechanism)/
+ 曆法 历法 [li4 fa3] /calendar science/the calendar/
+ 大明曆 大明历 [Da4 ming2 li4] /the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖冲之/
- 圓周率 圆周率 [yuan2 zhou1 lu:4] /pi/
+ 圓周率 圆周率 [yuan2 zhou1 lu:4] /the circular ratio/pi = 3.1415926/
+ 指南車 指南车 [zhi3 nan2 che1] /a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖冲之/
+ 隆起 隆起 [long2 qi3] /to swell/to bulge/
+ 歲差 岁差 [sui4 cha4] /the precession of the equinoxes/
+ 地軸 地轴 [di4 zhou2] /the earth's axis/
- 黃道 黄道 [huang2 dao4] /ecliptic/
+ 黃道 黄道 [huang2 dao4] /the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system)/
+ 回歸年 回归年 [hui2 gui1 nian2] /the solar year/the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes/
+ 春分點 春分点 [chun2 fen1 dian3] /the equinox/
+ 恆星年 恒星年 [heng2 xing1 nian2] /the sidereal year (astronomy)/the year defined in terms of the fixed stars/
# the main meaning is to pull
- 引 引 [yin3] /to lead/to divert (water)/to guide/
+ 引 引 [yin3] /to pull (to draw a bow)/to draw or stretch sth/to attract/to lead/to divert (water)/to guide/
- 引人注目 引人注目 [yin3 ren2 zhu4 mu4] /striking/
+ 引人注目 引人注目 [yin3 ren2 zhu4 mu4] /to attract people's attention/conspicuous/
- 吸引力 吸引力 [xi1 yin3 li4] /(n) sex appeal/attractiveness/
+ 吸引力 吸引力 [xi1 yin3 li4] /attractive force (such as gravitation)/sex appeal/attractiveness/
- 晉 晋 [jin4] /name of a dynasty/
+ 晉 晋 [jin4] /the Jin dynasties (265-420 AD)/the Western Jin 西晋 (265-316) and Eastern Jin 东晋 (317-420)/
+ 西晉 西晋 [Dong1 jin4] /the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (265-316)/
+ 晉 东晋 [Xi1 jin4] /the Eastern Jin dynasty 东晋 (317-420)/
+ 越共 越共 [yue4 gong4] /the Vietnamese communist party/
+ 農農孟 农農孟 [nong2 de2 meng4] /Nong Duc Manh secretary general of the Vietnamese communist party from 2001/
- 反共 反共 [fan3 gong4] /anti-communism/
+ 反共 反共 [fan3 gong4] /anti-communist (often considered criminal)/
+ 泄密 泄密 [xie4 mi4] /to leak secrets/
# pointless definition
- 單於 单于 [chan2 yu2] /Chanyu/
+ 單於 单于 [chan2 yu2] /Chanyu (Han dynasty name for chiefs of Xiongnu Huns)/
+ 宙斯盾 宙斯盾 [zhou4 si1 dun4] /Zeus's shield/Aegis combat system (US missile guidance)/
+ 自衛隊 自卫队 [zi4 wei4 dui4] /self-defense force/the Japanese armed forces/
+ 神奈川 神奈川 [shen2 nai4 chuan1] /Kanagawa (city in Japan)/
- 巡洋艦 巡洋舰 [xun2 yang2 jian4] /(n) corvette/navy cruisers/
+ 巡洋艦 巡洋舰 [xun2 yang2 jian4] /cruiser (warship)/battle cruiser/
- 克什克騰旗 克什克腾旗 [Ke4 shi2 ke4 teng2 qi2] /(N) Keshiketeng qi (place in Inner Mongolia)/
+ 克什克騰旗 克什克腾旗 [Ke4 shi2 ke4 teng2 qi2] /Keshiketeng county in Inner Mongolia/
+ 克什克騰 克什克腾 [Ke4 shi2 ke4 teng2] /Keshiketeng county in Inner Mongolia/
- 都江堰 都江堰 [Du1 jiang1 yan4] /(N) Dujiangyan (city in Sichuan)/
+ 都江堰 都江堰 [Du1 jiang1 yan4] /(N) Dujiangyan (city in Sichuan)/famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site in Sichuan/
+ 李冰 李冰 [Li3 bing1] /Li Bing (c. 230 BC) historical hydraulic engineer of DuJiangYan 都江堰/
- 苗條 苗条 [miao2 tiao5] /Slender/
+ 苗條 苗条 [miao2 tiao5] /slim/slender/
- 瘋牛病 疯牛病 [feng1 niu2 bing4] /mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalitis)/
+ 瘋牛病 疯牛病 [feng1 niu2 bing4] /mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)/
- 巡洋艦 巡洋艦 [xun2 yang2 jian4] /battle cruiser/
+ 茆 茆 [mao2] /variant of 茅/thatch/
+ 茆 茆 [mao3] /type of water plant/(dialect) loess hills/
+ 六四 六四 [liu4 si4] /refers to Tian'anmen incident of 4th Jun 1989/
+ 民建聯 民建联 [min2 jian4 lian2] /Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong/abbr. for T:民主建港協進聯盟|S:民主建港协进联盟/
+ 民主建港協進聯盟 民主建港协进联盟 [min2 zhu3 jian4 gang3 xie2 jin4 lian2 meng2] /Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong/
+ 屠城 屠城 [tu2 cheng2] /slaughter house/killing fields/
+ 茶敘會 茶叙会 [cha2 xu4 hui4] /tea-time talk/
+ 不負責任 不负责任 [bu4 fu4 ze2 ren4] /irresponsible/
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