sh li sixteen / 16 r b 16 / sixteen h old variant of / [he2] / harmonious z son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch:

nch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility / / / / [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] dng to use / to act / to move / to change / abbr. for / / | / / [dong4 ci2], verb gng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility / / / / [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in ling two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1&frasl / 16 of a catty / [jin1] (old) hu to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for / / | / / [hua4 xue2]

 wi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. / / / 16-bit or 2 bytes) h (classical particle similar to / | / [yu2]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to / | / [ma5], / [ba5], / [ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) nn male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility / / / / [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / CL: / | / [ge4] t variant of / [ti4] b father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility / / / / [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] h variant of / [hu1] / to shout / to call out Zhng Zheng state during the Warring States period / surname Zheng / abbr. for / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1] chn state official or subject in dynastic China / "Your Servant", form of address used when speaking to a ruler / to submit oneself to

the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to / to serve a ruler as his subject / Kangxi radical 168 z see / [zan2] zn variant of / [zan2] y wing / area surrounding the bullseye of a target / to assist / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / old variant of zh variant of / | / [zha1] yo variant of / [yao3] s a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou / / , with 525 strings hu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility / / / / [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official jin to annihilate / abbr. for / / / | / / / , fighter plane ji to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa / / [jie2 bo1] l this (Cantonese) / see also / [ni1] / see also / / / / | / / / / [li1 li1 luo1 luo1]

 li (modal final particle similar to / [ne5] or / [la5]) sh dialectal equivalent of / / | / / [shen2 me5] xing old variant of / [xiong1] li see / / [lie1 lie1] ne final particle of a sentence (abbr. for / / | / / [ne5 a5) na sentence-final particle (abbr. for / / [ne5 a5] or variant of / [na5]) tn old variant of / [tun2] Run surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province Yo surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors / / [wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku / / | / / [Di4 Ku4] d variant of / | / [du3] ch (onom.) snap / pop / see / / [ka1 cha1]

 ch sound of giggling / see / / [hu1 chi1] yo medicine / drug / cure / CL: / | / [zhong3], / [fu4], / [wei4] y (final particle expression doubt or surprise, similar to / or / ) ling see / / | / / [liang2 niao3] hu old variant of / [hui2] tng variant of / [tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks / / , approx half-liter) zh 4th note in pentatonic scale / / [wu3 yin1], roughly sol / see also / | / [zheng1] zhun seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal / / and great seal / / writing in seal script lu see / / | / / [suo1 luo2] ni variant of / | / [nie4] / to gnaw xi old variant of / [xie4]

 y (same as / | / , final particle expression doubt or surprise, similar to / or / ) h ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou / / (before Tang, ten pecks) h harmonious / archaic version of zh see / / [chi4 zha4] mi old variant of / [mie1] j lettuce, see / / | / kng in / / , open space in a structure pio purine / see / / [piao4 ling4] me suffix, used to form interrogative / / | / / [shen2 me5], what?, indefinite / / | / / [zhe4 me5] thus, etc l Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan, see / zh variant of / [zha4] li quick-fry / sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added / also written

 yu to amputate one or both feet (punishment in Imperial China) / see also / / [wu3 xing2] chu to collate / to proofread / variant of / [chou2] jn collar / belt / variant of / [jin1] jn clay / old variant of / | / [jin3] / violet (plant) lin see / / | / / [lian3 ren4] jio see / / [jiao1 jiao1] sh see / / | / / [shi2 luo2] r archaic translation of element germanium Ge32 / | / [zhe3] sng forehead / ( / / ) abbr. for kowtow / / | / / [ji1 sang3] phonetic a, similar to / -azine, see / / [a1 qin2] zhu week / weekly / variant of / [zhou1] yn variant of / | / , to accumulate / to hold in store / to contain / to gather together / to collect / depth / inner strength / profundity

 p to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of / | / [pu1] kng ancient harp / cf / / , Chinese harp jn careful / hut / variant of / | / [jin3] lio male genitals / old variant of / [liao2] k subject / course / CL: / | / [men2] / class / lesson / CL: / [tang2], / | / [jie2] / to levy / tax / form of divination xin variant of / | / [xian2] ln variant of / | / [lin2] ni variant of / | / [nie4] yn see / / | / / [yun2 dang1] j variant of / | / [ju1] zhun Japanese variant of / | dng see / / [ding1 xing2] so trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for /

 / | / / [Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect) w lettuce, see / / | / xio xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom / same as / / | / / also translated as pan pipes z variant of / [zi1] z to estimate / to fine (archaic) / variant of / | / [zi1] ru Japanese variant of / | lng in / / , open space in a structure Gn Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great / / [Da4 Yu3] y see / / | / / [shu3 yu4] zhng guzheng or long zither / long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin / / during Tang and Song times / Japanese koto

 fng variant of / | / [feng1] sun variant of / [suan4], to calculate yo Japanese variant of / | ln Japanese variant of / | gn variant of / | / Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great /

chn see / / | / / [chun1 yu2] ji archaic variant of / | / [jiu1] dng see / / | / / [yun2 dang1] tng see / / | / / [hu2 tong4] b see / / | / / [Bi4 xi4] xng see / / , less common word for dragonfly zhu variant of / [zhou4] m "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in / , / , / etc / see also / / / | / / /

[tu1 bao3 gai4] / see also / / / | / / / [ping2 bao3 ga jing radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in / , / , / etc / see also / / / [tong2 zi4 kuang4] x double happiness (similar to / / ) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage y stack of grain / dry measure equivalent to 16 / [dou3] or 160 liters w archaic variant of / [wu3] chu variant of / [chou2] ji archaic variant of / | / [jiu1] F phonetic pol, used in Korean place name / see Polha / / [Fu3 xia4], Korean place name in former Hamgyeongdo Province / / / | / / / [Xian2 jing4 dao4] zn variant of / [zan2] ji variant of / , to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity

 ji variant of / , to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity ji variant of / , to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity t old stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb / | / [ti1] b phonetic bo / used in onomatopoeia / see / / / [hu1 hu1 bo1], hoopoe bird pin expression of contempt equivalent to / [pei1] yn Japanese variant of / | x variant of / , son-in-law / husband x variant of / [xi3] jin Japanese variant of / | qng variant of / [qing1] b variant of / [bi4] lu:4 Japanese variant of / |

 ji variant of / | / [jie2] cu variant of / [cuo4] yo variant of / [yao3] x see / / | / / [Bi4 xi4] ji archaic variant of / | / [jie2] du old variant of / [duo4] tu variant of / [tuo2] chn old variant of / | / [chen4] chng old variant of / | / [cheng1] wn zhng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: / [pian1], / [duan4], / | / [ye4] png ln to comment on / to discuss / comment / commentary / CL: / [pian1] zu pn work (of art) / opus / CL: / [bu4], / [pian1] bo go to inform / to report / to make known / report / speech /

talk / lecture / CL: / [pian1], / [fen4], / | / [ge4], / [tong4] bo do to report (news) / report / CL: / [pian1], / [fen4] k chng course / academic program / CL: / [tang2], / | / [jie2], / | / [men2] H nn Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. / , capital Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1] zh dng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive / / | / / [bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) hu gng chemical industry, abbr. of / / / / | / / / / [hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4] / chemical engineering, abbr. of / / / / | / / / / [hua4 xue2 gong1 cheng2] ln wn paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / [pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) go zhng senior high school / abbr. for / / / / | /

/ / / [gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] go ko college entrance exam (abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / ////// w y property / real estate / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [wu4 ye4 guan3 li3], property management r j diary / CL: / | / [ze2], / [ben3], / [pian1] fng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: / | / [dong4], / [zhuang4], / [zuo4], / [tao4] go xio universities and colleges / abbr. for / / / / | /// din ch battery / CL: / | / [jie2], / | / [zu3] z men see / / | / / [zan2 men5] wng yu online game / abbr. for / / / / | / / /

 ch zhng junior high school / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] Qng hu abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [Qing1 hua2 Da4 xue2] hu ch train / CL: / [lie4], / | / [jie2], / [ban1], / [tang4] xu wi academic degree, e.g.: BSc / / / / | / / / / [xue2 shi4 xue2 wei4], MSc / / / / | / / / / [shuo4 shi4 xue2 wei4], Diploma / / / / | A yn abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / Olympic Games / the Olympics bi sh villa / CL: / [zhuang4], / [zuo4] zu wn to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL: / [pian1] Bi D Beijing University (abbr. for / / / / | / / / /) fn t elaborate form / traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to

simplified form / / | / / [jian3 ti3] d lu large building / CL: / [zhuang4], / [zuo4] gung q CD or DVD Drive / abbr. for / / / / / | / /// k hun science fiction / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3] bio zh variant of / / | / / [biao1 zhi4] k wn text / CL: / [pian1] zu wi to act as / used erroneously for / / | / shn me variant of / / | / / [shen2 me5] zhng zhun vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / // S lin Soviet Union, 1922-1991 / abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) / / / / / / / / / /

 / / | / / / / / / / / / t jin abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] tin wng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also / / / [Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] Ti Shn Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] / Taishan township in New Taipei City / / / [Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan k p popular science / popularization of science / abbr. of / / / / | / / / F dn Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [Fu4 dan4 Da4 xue2] Y shu Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 19th February-5th March Kng x Kangxi or K'ang Hsi, second Qing Emperor (1661-1722)

gu xio elementary school (Taiwan) / abbr. for / / / /

| / / / / [guo2 min2 xiao3 xue2] nng su to concentrate (a liquid) / concentration / espresso coffee / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / cho pio paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL: / | / [zhang1], / [za1] w b abbr. of / / / / | / / / / , five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin / / / in 1983 Hu shn Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] Li Bi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu / / | / / (c. 200263), later the Shu Han dynasty Wn g Cultural Revolution (1966-76) / abbr. for / / / / / [Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4] rn li a stream of people / an abortion / abbr. of / / /

/ / / | / / / / / gu zhng junior high school (Taiwan) / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [guo2 min2 zhong1 xue2] sh d abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university / teacher-training college Qng di the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Qng cho Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Xio xu Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 22nd November-6th December lu fng a building of two or more stories / CL: / | / [dong4], / [zhuang4], / [zuo4] D xu Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 7th-21st December tng rn variant of / / [tong2 ren2] Mng di the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

 Tng j abbr. of / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ji4 Da4 xue2] go gun executive / senior management / (contraction of / / / / | / / / / ) ch xing carriage / CL: / | / [jie2] wi q foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for / / / / | / / / Jio d Jiaotong University / University of Communications / abbr. of / / / / | / / / / [Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2] jin mi healthy and beautiful / to do fitness exercises / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [jian4 mei3 yun4 dong4] h tng variant of / / [hu2 tong4] Mng cho Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Mng Qng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911)

dynasties sn b International Women's Day / / / | / / / [Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid chng gun local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / [Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zh zhn zhun to toss about in bed / to pass through many hands or places / also written / / | / / [zhan3 zhuan3] w s fourth of May, cf / / / / | / / / / , national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles zhun j biography / CL: / [pian1], / [bu4] s l the Silk road / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [si1 chou2 zhi1 lu4] xio z petit bourgeois / yuppie / abbr. of / / / / / |

//// W Kng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West / / / | / / / [Xi1 You2 Ji4] chng lng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing / / / / / | / / / / / [Bei3 jing1 yi2 he2 yuan2] y go toothpaste / CL: / [guan3] gu bio Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / ji xio driving school / abbr. for / / / / | / / /

Zhng Fi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and bloodbrother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine

 zhu zhun turnover (in cash or personnel) / to have enough resources to cover a need / also written / / | / d jun cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written / / / | / / / ) / Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written / / / | / / / ) Gu D abbr. for / / / / | / / / / , National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for / / / / / / / | /

ln ji next-door neighbor / neighboring household / adjacent country (short for / / / / / | / / / / / [lin2 jie1 de5 guo2 jia1]) pn mng see / / [pin1 ming4] Ni dn Newton (name) / Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist

 j ling trick / scheme / ploy / tactic / stratagem / gimmick / ruse / trickery / skill / also written / / | / gu hu lie / false words / nonsense / CL: / [pian1] Gun z Guanzi or Guan Zhong / / (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi / / | / / of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school Q Yun Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting / / | / / Lisao in Songs of Chu / / | / Nn D Nanjing University, NJU / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [Nan2 jing1 Da4 xue2] Shn bi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin / / and Yan'an / / , a Holy Land of Mao's revolution / / / / | / / / r hu household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries

/ abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / gn zh sugar cane / CL: / | / [jie2] shn tn master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes / / / / | / / / / [Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie / / / | / / / [Di2 Ren2 jie2] D Qng the (great) Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Sh jng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism / / | / / [Wu3 jing1] sn wi BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust / / | / / [xiong1 wei2], waist / / | / / [yao1 wei2] and hip / / | / / [tun2 wei2] Zhng Sn John Doe / Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: / / | / / , / / [Li3 Si4], / / [Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry

 jng j police department / police station / abbr. of / / Wn lin abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / , China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) Dun w see / / / | / / / [Duan1 wu3 jie2] d zi bamboo flute / CL: / [guan3] Ti D abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [Tai2 wan1 Da4 xue2] Sng shn Mt Song in Henan, central of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] W ku Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) zhu yu variant of / / | / / , to tour / to travel around D tin Datian county in Sanming / / [San1 ming2], Fujian / Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4], South Korea mo b writing brush / CL: / [zhi1], / [guan3] Dng zh Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms / /

/ / / | / / / / / 22nd December-5th January Hng shn Mt Heng in Hunan, southern of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan county in Hengyang / / | / / [Heng2 yang2], Hunan i ho to cry piteously / anguished wailing / same as / k ch (onom.) breaking or snapping / cut it out / stop it (colloquial) / also written / / [ka1 cha1] sh ln editorial (in a newspaper) / CL: / [pian1] K mn Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet / / based on novel by Proper M / rim / e / / / [Mei2 li3 mei3] X D West Germany / German Federal Republic / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [De2 yi4 zhi4 Lian2 bang1 Gong4 he2 guo2] t qng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming

festival / / , 4th-6th April w wi the five flavors, namely: sweet / , sour / , bitter / , spicy hot / , salty / | / all kinds of flavors Hn Xn Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1] zh j reading notes / CL: / [pian1] i ho to howl in grief / anguished wailing / same as / Chng zhn Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644) hu gu container (for freight transport) / see / / / | / / / [ji2 zhuang1 xiang1] Wn l reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619) s q private enterprise / abbr. of / / / / | / / / / [si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] rn ci variant of / / [ren2 cai2]

 D yn Mandate of Heaven / the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC / usually written / / / | / / / [Da4 Yun4 he2] f xio subsidiary primary school (originally attached to an institute, university etc) / abbreviation of / / / / | / / / jng h Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / Shn zh reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) zhu chng variant of / / | / / , perimeter / circumference hu dng colored lantern (used at Lantern festival / / / | / / / ) Yu zhu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang / / | / / ancient city near modern Beijing

 Jing ku Jiangkou county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou jn lio to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of / / / / | / / / / ) Xi zh Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 21st June-6th July Hn Y Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing / / / / | / / / / and neoclassical / / | / / movements Hng shn Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan district of Jixi city / / | / / [Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang Go zng Gaozong Emperor, Temple name of the tenth Song Emperor Zhao Gou / / | / / [Zhao4 Gou4] (1107-1187 AD),

reigned (1127-1162 AD) Li y Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties / / | / / , broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wudi of Song / / k ko preliminary round of imperial examinations / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration p chng reptile (old or common word for / / / / | / ///) b q Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty / / | / / [Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty Bi l Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 8th-22nd September zu bio see / / | / / [zuo4 biao1] dng yu Mt Tai / / in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred

Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] L chn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / [er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] xn hi forty eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf / / / / [Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 zhu zh see / / [zhou1 dao4] ji dng The Nine Cauldrons, symbol of Imperial power dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC) y xio abbr. for / / / / | / / / / art school Xio hn Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 6th-19th January D zhng Taish / , reign name 1912-1926 of Japanese emperor Yoshihito / li yng to study abroad (old term) / same as / / | / xun xu Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also

translated / / / / | / / / / ) L S Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: / / | / / [Zhang1 San1], / / , / / [Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry y d abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [yi1 ke1 da4 xue2], university of medicine s hu abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations Gu Jin King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons / / / lo gi abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) Sh gu Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei / / | / / during the Three Kingdoms A1 Du A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan / / | / / (207271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / fig. weak

and inept person M h Mach (name) / Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist / Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr l wi variant of / / | / / [lu3 wei4] d Xi ancient kingdom at Khotan / / in modern Xinjiang zhng fng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign / / / / | / / / / , army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 xin wng former kings / former emperors / in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Y / o / | / , Sh / n / , Y / / , T / ng / | / and the kings of Zhou Mi sn Martin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician) Hung Xng Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution / / / / [Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in

Shanghai in 1916 Mn Mng China Democratic League (political party) / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / X Jn Western Jin dynasty (265-316) Shng Wi abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Shang4 hai3 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2] chu xio to play the xiao / (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu / / / , c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, / / / / | / / / / to busk / virtuoso piper wins gu ho title of current dynasty (as the name of China), such as Tang or Ming / name of a country (such as People's Republic of China / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / or Republic of Shng di the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC) Xn z Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian

philosopher and author of On learning / / | / yun jio abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] shung x double happiness / the combined symmetric character / (similar to / / ) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage Chn fn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 21st March-4th April G y Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 20th April-4th May Go Xing Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter fn Qng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution / / / / [Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] Hu jn Hawkins or Hawking / Stephen Hawking (1942-), British physicist and author of A Brief History of Time / / / / | /

// L qi Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 7th-22nd August bng shn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016 Y q Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra / Aceh sultanate 16th-19th century L xi Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 5th-20th May do xu Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for / / | / / , rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism X xu Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called / / / / | / / / Zhu cho Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou / / (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou / / | / / (770-221 BC)

 m gu buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty / / [Qing1 dai4] (1644-1911) Shng cho Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) Wng W Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: / / | / / [Zhang1 San1], / / [Li3 Si4], / / Tom, Dick and Harry S sh Four Books, namely: the Great Learning / / | / / , the Doctrine of the Mean / / , the Analects of Confucius / / | / / , and Mencius / h ch to berate / to excoriate / to chide / also written / / [he1 chi4] D hn Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 20th January-3rd February zhun sh seal script / the small seal / / and great seal / Zhng Ci Central University of Finance and Economics,

Beijing / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2] ch zh variant of / / [chi4 zha4] Sn Bn Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy / / / | / / / [Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) Jng zh Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 6th-20th March Dng D East Germany (1945-1990) / German democratic republic / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2] Mi Lng Mei Ling (girl's name) / Zhou Meiling / / / (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director gn xio school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School / / / / | / / / bn b local currency / our own currency / abbr. for / / /

 / | / / / gun nng function / capability / sense (i.e. the five senses of sight / | / , hearing / | / , smell / , taste / and touch / | / ) / faculty (i.e. specific ability) h xi river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" / / | / / [he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China) m fng variant of / / [mo2 fang3] L dng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 7th-21st November Chung Wng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng / / / (1605-1645) p y simile / rhetorical comparison (that contains an explicit link word / / , / / "like", "just like") Zhun X Zhuan Xu, one of Five legendary Emperors / / [wu3 di4], grandson of Yellow Emperor / / | / / [Huang2

di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC Li Y Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty / / | / / [Xi1 Jin4] (265316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty / / | / / [Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) sh jio Socialist education / abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / Hn l Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 8th-22nd October zhng no camphor C10H16O zhn zhun to toss about in bed / to pass through many hands or places / also written / / | / / [zhan3 zhuan3] hn sh cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival / / / | / / / ) / the Qingming festival

 yn variant of / / | / / [e4 yun4] yn variant of / / | / / [e4 yun4] bi yu Mt Heng / / in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] x yu Mt Hua / / | / / in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] Tng Yn Tang Bohu / / / or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming ///// fng gng brilliant (exploit) / great (achievement) / esp. / / / / | / / / / , glorious achievement J D abbr. for Jinan University / / / / | / / / / [Ji4 nan2 Da4 xue2] Qi fn Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 23rd September-7th October

 yn variant of / / | / / [e4 yun4] Y rn Hirohito (Emperor of Japan, reigned 1925-1989 under the reign name / / Showa) Xi Cho Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC) bng zh variant of / / | / / [bing3 zhu2] Shung jing Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 23rd October6th November chn huo to mix / to mingle / to interfere / to meddle / also written / / | / Ji Y Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty Li Y the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette / | / [li3] ( / / | / / [li3 yi2]), music / | / [yue3] ( / / | / / [yin1 yue4]), archery / [she4] ( / / [she4 jian4]), ch

 zhng yu Mt Song / / in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] yng chn Wing Chun / same as / / / | / / / [yong3 chun1 quan2] / Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art) L H LiHe (790-816), Tang poet and author of / / / / Ci Cai E (1882-1916), originator of the National protection army of 1915 Sh To Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet fn zhn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor / / / | / / / [jie2 du4 shi3] Su yun old name for district of Hohhot city / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia L Y Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and

dramatist jin j to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually / / 8 / | / / 8 L Zh Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer Zhn chng Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 Yun Mi Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era / / / / Mng zhng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 6th-20th June g w to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning / / | / / [li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing s fn purge of counter-revolutionary elements (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57) / abbr. for / /

/ / / / / | / / / / / / Sh jng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism / / | / / [Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known Ti Mng abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [Tai2 wan1 Min2 zhu3 Zi4 zhi4 Tong2 meng2] p shu see / / / / | / / / / [pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2] D sh Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 23rd July-6th August Sng sh History of Song of the Southern Dynasties / / / [Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song / / | / / [Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories / / / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue &# Tng sh same as / / / | / / / [Jiu4 Tang2 shu1],

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories / / / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu / / | / Xio sh Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 7th-22nd July A n see / / / [A1 yi1 nu3] zhun t seal script, calligraphic style / small seal / / and great seal / / , the distinction between the two being the Han dynasty equivalent of modern / / versus / / writing in seal script hn d abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [han2 shou4 da4 xue2], open university Zhng Di Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar b c oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones mng po official robe worn by ministers during the Ming / (1368-1644) and Qing / (1644-1911) dynasties

 Ch sh Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 23rd August-7th September Y Xn Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties / / / / and author of Lament for the South / / / / | / / / gng xio technical school / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [gong1 ye4 xue2 xiao4] bi to white pottery (of Shang Dynastry 16-11th century BC) b hu variant of / / | / / [bo4 hua4] chu hu variant of / / | / / [chou2 hua4] h ch variant of / / [he1 chi4] s m see / / [si1 mi4] m hu variant of / / [mo2 hu5] zhu wi variant of / / | / / , surroundings / environment / to encompass A1 b Aba, southeast Nigerian city / Aba, the Lisu / / word

for grandfather Xio mn Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms / / / / / | / / / / / 21st May-5th June Dn chng Dancheng county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan q sh the Seven Duties of a sovereign, namely: offering sacrifice / / , giving audience / / | / / , administering jointly / / | / / , receiving guests / / | / / , running army $ q qng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy / [xi3], anger / [nu4], anxiety / | / [you1], thought / [si1], grief / [bei1], fear / [kong3], fright / |& Sn yun Sanyuan County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Shng H SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) / abbr. for

 / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Shang4 hai3 He2 zuo4 Zu3 zhi1] b ci untalented / I / me (humble) / also written / / [bu4 cai2] Sh Yn World Games / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [Shi4 jie4 Yun4 dong4 hui4] Zhng m Zhongmu county in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Zhng zhn Zhongzhan district of Jiaozuo city / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan mi y what? (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: / / | / / [shen2 me5] F xi Polha, Korean place name in former Hamgyeongdo Province / / / | / / / [Xian2 jing4 dao4] Qin Xin Qian County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi

 Qin lng Qianling at Xianyang / / / | / / / in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor / / and empress Wuzetian / / / | / / W fng abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei / Wufeng township in Hsinchu Coun w chng five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence / , righteousness / | / , propriety / | / , wisdom / and fidelity / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and s w mo see / / / | / / / [wu3 mao2 dang3] W H five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu / / [Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei / / | / / [Xian1 bei1], Jie / [Jie2], Di / [Di1], Qiang / [Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 / &# w gu five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence /

also written / / Tng h Tinghu district of Yancheng city / / / | / / / [Yan2 cheng2 shi4], Jiangsu rn ci variant of / / , talent Rn hu see / / / | / / / [Ren2 hua4 Xian4] Ji sh Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang F gng Fogang county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong Xi w Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan Li k Liuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / in Yunnan jing qng Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding / same as / / / / | / / / / [Tai4 pu2 si4 qing1] jing s same as / / / | / / / [Tai4 pu2 si4], Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding

 jing m Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding / same as / / / / | / / / / [Tai4 pu2 si4 qing1] y yu to go courting / to visit a brothel (old) / related to / / | / / [ye3 you2] Li J Liu Ji or Liu Bowen / / / | / / / (13111375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang / / / , with a reputation as a military genius Li Chn Liu Chan / / | / / (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 Li E4 Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of / / / / | / / / / [Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4] Bi Sh Beijing Normal University / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2] Nn yu Nanyue district of Hengyang city / / / | / / / [Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan / Mt Heng / / in Hunan, one of

the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] Nn mng abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [Nan2 Ya4 Qu1 yu4 He2 zuo4 Lian2 meng2] Yn jing Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou fn Yun opposing Yuan Shikai / / / | / / / in War of national protection 1915-1916 / same as / / / / | / / / Zhu B Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han zhu zu one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) / same as / / | / / [zhou1 sui4] ti b to read aloud / also written / / | / h ch variant of / / [he1 chi4] h ho to roar (of animals) / to wail / to cry out in distress / see

also / / | / / [hu1 hao2] yo ni variant of / / | / / [yao3 nie4] / to gnaw Xin jng Hamgyeongdo Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province / / / / | / / / / [Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province / / / / | / / Tng Yo Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors / / [wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku / / | / / [Di4 Ku4] h sho to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written / Shng shu Shangshui county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Q zh Waking from Hibernation / old variant of / / | / / [Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms / / /

/ / | / / / / / [er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March Ji y Jiayu county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei g fi old transliteration of coffee, now / s d four Confucian injunctions / / / / (for men), namely: piety / to one's parents, respect / to one's older brother, loyalty / to one's monarch, faith / to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues f s qng see / / / / | / / / / [si4 qing1 yun4 dong4] / the &ldquo / Four Clean-ups&rdquo / Movement Yun q Yuanqu county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi M y Qaraqash Nahiyisi / Karakash county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Xi xin Xia county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi

 Ku zhu Kuizhou, ancient area of modern Fengjie County / / / | / / / [Feng4 jie2 Xian4], Chongqing gu qing variant of / / | / / [gou4 qiang4] D fng Dafeng county level city in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Tin zhn Tianzhen county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Ti kng Taikang county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Yng Ci Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2] Y zh given name of Qing Emperor Xianfeng / / | / m mi variant of / / | / / [ma1 mi5] Mng zhu Mengzhou county level city in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan

 Mng xin Meng former county, now Mengzhou city / / / [Meng4 zhou1 shi4] in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan Sn Zh Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems / / / / / | / / / / / [Tang2 shi1 san1 bai3 shou3] / also known by assumed name / / / / [Heng2 ta An1 yu Anyue county in Ziyang / / | / / [Zi1 yang2], Sichuan An1 x Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county / / / | / / / [Gua1 zhou1 xian4] in Jiuquan / / [Jiu3 quan2], Gansu Nng zng Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224) Sh yng Sheyang county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Shn yng Shanyang District of Jiaozuo City / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan / Shanyang County in Shangluo / / [Shang1

luo4], Shaanxi Di zng another name for Mt Tai / / in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains / / | / / [Wu3 yue4] / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls Chng yng Chongyang county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei Cu Yng Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty Chun hu Chuanhui district of Zhoukou city / / / [Zhou1 kou3 shi4], Henan Zu yn Zuoyun county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi B ch Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang B ni abbr. for Papua New Guinea / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Ba1 bu4 ya4 Niu3 Ji1 nei4 ya4] (esp. Taiwan usage)

 D K Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of Five legendary Emperors / / [wu3 di4], great-grandson of Yellow Emperor / / | / / [Huang2 di4] Png l Pinglu county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Gung din State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television / abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [Guang3 bo1 Dian4 ying3 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2] Gung lng Guangling county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Jin h Jianhu county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Zhng y Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing Zhng P Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of / / | / / [fu4 she4] cultural

renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions / / / / / | / / / Bn Xin Bin County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Hu Jn Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644 y shu the emperor's hand / person in charge of pack animals, also / / | / / [yu4 shou3] / chariot driver, also / / | / / [yu4 shou3] F D Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [Fu4 dan4 Da4 xue2] D jing Dejiang county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou D d Dejun, former county, merged into Wudalianchi / / / / | / / / / [Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2] in Heihe, Heilongjiang

zhng qng Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now

divided into North Chungcheong province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea Zhng qng Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea h sho to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written / S nn Sinan county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou yun u variant of / / [yuan4 ou3] kng tng see / / / [kong3 tong2 zheng4] qng z abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [qing2 bao4 zi1 liao4] Hu j Huiji District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan

 ki t variant of / / | / / [kai3 ti4] shu sh gesture / same as / / | / / [shou3 shi4] shu d hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), abbr. for / / / / | / / / F gu Fugou county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan zh m fingerprint / thumbprint / also written / / [zhi3 mo2] jun z variant of / / | / / [juan1 zi1] A Shn Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in / / / | / / / [Xi1 you2 Ji4] sh zhu several weeks / also written / / | / Xn m Xinmi county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Xn rng Xinrong district of Datong city / / / [Da4 tong2 shi4], Shanxi Xn jing Xinjiang county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4

cheng2], Shanxi Xn zhng Xinzheng county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Fng Y Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik Y tin K / riye Nahiyisi / Yutian county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Xn y Xunyi County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Chn li Spring willow society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture movement, continued in China from 1912 as / / / / / | / / / / n chng a version of / / | / / , nickname / diminutive / term of endearment sh qin variant of / / | / / [shu1 qian1] / bookmark Zh Wn Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor / / / | / / / [jie2 du4 shi3] at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of

the Five Dynasties (907-923) / also called / / / / | / / / L Dn Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong / / [Tang2 Rui4 zong1] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712 L Zh Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi / / [Ai1 di4] (892-908), reigned 904-907 L A Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu / / in promoting classical writing / / / / | / / / d y cuckoo / same as / / / | / / Dng ti Dongtai county level city in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Li yun Liuyuan town in Guazhou county / / / | / / / [Gua1 zhou1 xian4] in Jiuquan / / , Gansu Li Qng Liu Qing (1916-1978), writer Gn h Genhe county level city, Mongolian Gegeen-gol xot, in

Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Ji Wng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant Yng lng Yangling District in Xianyang City / / / | / / / [Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi y d part-time college (abbr. for / / / / | / / / /) L zh Lezhi county in Ziyang / / | / / [Zi1 yang2], Sichuan Bio P Standard and Poor (share index) / abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [Biao1 zhun3 Pu3 er3] bio jin abbr. for / / / | / / / [biao1 zhun3 jian1], standard (hotel) room m fng variant of / / [mo2 fang3] m hu variant of / / [mo2 hu5]

 W chun Wuchuan county in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia Gu su old name for Hohhot city / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia Mo Su Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu / , see / / / / | / / / / [Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4] Mn fng Niye Nahiyisi / Minfeng county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Yng shu Yongshou County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Yng j Yongji county level city in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Qn yng Qinyang county level city in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan Shn qi Shenqiu county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan H jn Hejin county level city in Yuncheng / / | / /

[Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi B yng Boyang county, former name of Poyang county / / / | / / / [Po2 yang2 xian4] in Shangrao / / | / / [Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi Lu p Lop Nahiyisi / Lop county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Hng X Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi / / / | / / / [Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), Temple name / / / [Ming2 Ren2 zong1]

Hi din Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Beijing University, Tsinghua University / / / / | / / / / [Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun / / / | / / / [Zhong1 Jng yng Jingyang County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi yng xin variant of / / | / / , to emerge in large

numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently Hui yng Huaiyang county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Chn hu Chunhua County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi qng zhu Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] Qng chng Qingcheng district of Qingyuan city / / / , Guangdong Qng zhu Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] Wi chng Weicheng District in Xianyang City / / / | / / / [Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi Hn yun Hunyuan county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Wn xin Wen county in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan Z p Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture

 / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang li hi see / / | / / [liu2 hai3] L shu Lushui county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan Hu wng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West / / / | / / / [Xi1 you2 Ji4] xun l profound theory / philosophical theory of Wei and Jin / / | / / sect Wng m Wang code, same as / / / / | / / / / [wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin / / / [Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983 wng ci variant of / / [weng4 cai4] shng j biotechnology / abbr. for / / / / | / / /

 chn jin abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [chan3 qian2 jian3 cha2] li hi see / / | / / [liu2 hai3] Sh l Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar / Shule county in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Sh f Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Dng fng Dengfeng county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan bi tu day care for the elderly (abbr. of / / / / [bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]) / to be blinded by greed / swindler (homonym of / / | / / [bai4 tuo1]) P shn Guma Nahiyisi / Pishan county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Sh qin Siqian county in Tongren prefecture / / / /

| / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou F gng Fugong county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan L qun Liquan County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Qn zhun seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal / / and great seal / Qn d Qindu District in Xianyang City / / / | / / / [Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi J shn Jishan county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi M tng Mouton (name) / Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system C l Chira Nahiyisi / Chira county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang J z Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100

BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zh / u / | / then ruled ancient Korea for Zh / u kng hung old reed wind instrument / (possibly used erroneously for konghou / / harp or / / sheng) Jin yng Jianyang county level city in Ziyang / / | / / [Zi1 yang2], Sichuan N yng Nayong county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Jing xin Jiang county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Lu:4 b Green Dam, content-control software (abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Lu:4 ba4 / hua1 ji4 hu4 hang2]) Zh jn Zhijin county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou

 fn rn to change quickly and completely / also written / Wn x Wenxi county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi H k Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor nng gu able to do sth / in a position to do sth / same as / / | / Ln y Linyi county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Xng png Xingping county level city in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Ru chng Ruicheng county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Yng dn tonne / imperial or US tonne, equal to 2240 pounds or 1.016 metric tons mo ci see / / [xiu4 cai5] Xn Y Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao

Cao in Three Kingdoms Sh ch Yeken nahiyisi (Yarkand county or Shache) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang kn tng camphor C10H16O / also called / / | / Wn rng Wanrong county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi / Wanrong or Wanjung township in Hualian county / / / | / / / [Hua1 lian2 xian4], East Taiwan Y chng Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang P q Puqi, old name for Chibi county level city / / / [Chi4 bi4 shi4], Xianning / / / , Hubei wng ci see / / [weng4 cai4] tng ci see / / [weng4 cai4] Ln png Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang

Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan Y Shn Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors / / [wu3 di4] cn b variant of / / | / / [can2 bo2] X hu Xihua county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan h ch variant of / / | / / [he1 chi4] / to berate / to excoriate h ch variant of / / | / / [he1 chi4] / to berate / to excoriate fng ci variant of / / | / / or / / | / / , svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing Gng shn Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan z ci variant of / / | / / [zi1 cai2] zhu j help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to

poorer relative / (also / / | / / ) Si hn Saihan District of Hohhot City / / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia Ch b Chibi county level city in Xianning / / / , Hubei / Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district / / / | / / / of Huanggang city / / , Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 H zhng Hezhang county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou chn xn see / / | / / [chen4 xin1] Zho Sng Song dynasty (960-1279) / used to distinguish it from / / | / / Song of Southern dynasties (420-479) qng cu sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written / zhun you variant of / / | / / [zhuan4 you5]

 Tng chng Tongcheng county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei Tng shn Tongshan county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei tng ci see / / [weng4 cai4] Lin zhu Lianzhou county level city in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong zhu yu variant of / / | / / , to tour / to travel around zhu zhun turnover (in cash or personnel) / to have enough resources to cover a need / also written / / | / zhu yu variant of / / | / / , to tour / to travel around zhu bin periphery / rim / also written / / | / zhu chng variant of / / | / / , perimeter / circumference yu wn variant of / / | / / , to amuse oneself / to have fun / to go sightseeing / to take a stroll

 yn jing see / / | / / [yun4 jiang4] wi mng disobedient / to violate the Mandate of Heaven ( / / [Tian1 Ming4]) Lio sh History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories / / / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan / / | / / [Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty / [Yuan2], 116 scrolls n zan see / / [na4 zan5] n zan see / / [na4 zan5] Sho Yng Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar / / / | / / Zhng m Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili / / / | / / / [Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding / ln yu variant of / / | / / [lin2 you4]

 Fng d old variant of / / | / / [Feng1 du1] / Fengdu county Chongqing municipality / name of a famous necropolis Jn shu Jinshui District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Jn sh Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou / Chinsha town in Kinmen County / / / | / / / [Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), T bio qing variant of / / | / / [biao1 qiang1] Chng w Changwu County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Lng fng Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan / / | / / [Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends F nng Funing county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu

 Chn Chn Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel / / / / | / / / Yng shn Yangshan county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong

Yng go Yanggao county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi yn mng variant of / / | / / [yun3 ming4] / to die / to perish Yn jing Yanjiang district of Ziyang city / / / | / / / [Zi1 yang2 shi4], Sichuan lng z lit. zero group / another word for the inert or noble gases / / / / | / / / Lng qi Lingqiu county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Gng y Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan

 Wi d Fran / ois Vi / te (1540-1603), French mathematician who introduced notation of algebra Xing shu Xiangshui county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Xing chng Xiangcheng county level city in Zhoukou / / , Henan fi zhng birds and beasts / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air / same as / / / / | / / / M cn Macun district of Jiaozuo city / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan y shu person in charge of pack animals, also / / [yu4 shou3] (only in this sense) Fng W Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called / / / | / / / [Feng2 Dou4 bo2]

 tu j ostrich (Struthio camelus) / also written / / / / fabulous bird like Sinbad's roc so t poetry in the style of / / | / / [Li2 Sao1] Yn d Yandu district of Yancheng city / / / | / / / [Yan2 cheng2 shi4], Jiangsu L y Luxi county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Qin x Qianxi county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Shng Tng Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty dng ch power car / multiple-unit train (abbr. for / / / | / / / ) w s abbr. for / / / / | / / / / [wu3 sa4 yun4 dong4], The May Thirtieth Movement (1925) Zhn p Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693

 ni bn see / / | / / [niu3 pan4] h ch variant of / / [he1 chi4] h ch variant of / / [he1 chi4] i c variant of / / | / / [ai1 ci2] Hng zh Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor / / / [Zhu1 You4 tang2] (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, Temple name / / / [Ming2 Xiao4 zong1] f i Abdominal Lament / acupuncture point SP 16 A yn hu abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / Olympic Games / the Olympics zhng jin hu China securities regulatory commission CSRC / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / /////// F gi wi abbr. for / / / / / / / / / /

| / / / / / / / / / / , PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 Zhng k yun abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Zhong1 guo2 She4 hui4 Ke1 xue2 yuan4], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) q gun yn bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on / / / / / used in comic theater) Bi jng rn Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian / / / [Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing Zh B ji Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West / / / | / / / , with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muck-rake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation gun wi hu regulatory commission / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4] Zhu zng l Premier Zhou Enlai / / / | / / /

(1898-1976) Yun xio ji Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival / / | / / , on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar s sh lu dormitory building / CL: / [zhuang4], / [zuo4] F sh kng Foxconn Technology Group / abbr. of / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Fu4 shi4 kang1 ke1 ji4 ji2 tuan2] wn nin l perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din / / / / | / / / Tng B h Tang Bohu or Tang Yin / / (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming ///// Fng shn Bng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's / / / [Zhou1 Wu3 Wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer

games fng f ln methodology / Discours de la m / thode by Ren / Descartes / / / | / / / , 1637 Yo jin j State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / / [Guo2 jia1 Shi2 pin3 Yao h qin tng nuclear submarine / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [he2 dong4 li4 qian2 ting3] A z wi Olympic organizing committee / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / ///// Tng Zhn b United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] zh zhi lu residential building / CL: / [zhuang4], /

[zuo4], / | / [dong4] Jn png mi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content qun yn hu all-China national games / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [quan2 guo2 yun4 dong4 hui4] Zhng qng j US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [Zhong1 yang1 Qing2 bao4 ju2] Yun Sh ki Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China Qng zhng f Qing government (1644-1911) L Z chng Li ZiCheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty z f j character set (e.g. ASCII / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / or Unicode / / /

| / / / ) Mn zhu l Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Du r gn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci / / / / | / / / / , successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi / / & Ji l lu: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist S m Gung Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government / / / / | / / / lu:4 n tng ketamine (C13H16ClNO) zu m dng lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern festival / / / | / / /

fig. constant busy circulation of people gu n j abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / [guo2 jia1 an1 quan2 ju2] / National Security Bureau (NSB) / National Security Agency (NSA) O gng t abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / , European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) jn g bng Golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West / / / | / / / [Xi1 you2 Ji4] Hu Hn sh History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories / / / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye / / | / / [Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties / / Li Zng yun Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing / / / / | / / / / and neoclassical / / | / / movements kng xn ci see / / [weng4 cai4]

 Hn Go z posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang / / | / / (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC h de li to get along well / compatible / also written / / / | / / / [he2 de5 lai2] Dng Yng cho Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai / / / | / / Li B wn Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang / / / , with a reputation as a military genius / also called Liu Ji / / | / Hng mn Yn Feast at Hongmen / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu / Jing Z y Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou / / / [Zhou1 Wen2 Wang2] and purported author of &ldquo / Six

Secret Strategic Teachings&rdquo / / / | / / [Li W Z x Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu / famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf / / / / | / / / P Sng lng Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of / / / / | / / / / [Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4] Zhng Zu ln Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 W Chng n Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West / / / | / / M r dn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost S d wn Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe Q Hun gng Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of

the Five Hegemons / / / lo wi hu labor committee / abbr. for / / / / / | //// F r ti Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher P s k Pascal (name) / Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician b g nio cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) / same as / / / | / / / [du4 juan1 niao3] zhu zhun jn variant of / / / | / / / [zhou1 zhuan3 jin1] b r li mammals / also written / / / / | / / / A Wi Hu Patriotic Health Committee, abbr. of / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / [Ai4 guo2 Wei4 sheng1 Yun4 dong4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]

 nio m dng uracil nucleotide (U, pairs with adenine A / / / in RNA) G Yn w Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study / / / | / / Ji Tng sh History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories / / / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu / / | / / [Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin / / | / / [Hou4 Y dn ji Christmas / same as / / / | / / D k r Ren / Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher Hn wn d fourth Han emperor Han Wendi (202-157 BC), personal name Liu Heng / / | / / reigned 180-157 BC sh li gu Sixteen Kingdoms of five non-Han people (ruling

most of China 304-439) / also written / / / / / | / / // m d h a careless person / scatterbrain / frivolous and forgetful / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / chng yn hu abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / / , National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 h m gu Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew / also written / / Fng Mng lng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Tales old and new / / / / | / / / D k r Ren / Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la m / thode / / / | / / Tng Xin z Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and

dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion / / / [Mu3 dan5 Ting2] Wng f zh Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition Sn xng zh Sun Wukong / / / | / / / [Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West / / / | / / / [Xi1 you2 Ji4]

Sh sn jng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs / / | / / [Shi1 jing1], Book of History / / | / / [Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou / / | / / [Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies Ji gng shn Jiugongshan nature reserve in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture / / , Hubei Mi k bi Macbeth (name) / Macbeth, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare / / / / | / / /

 L M du Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China Shn zh d Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662 shu l fng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing national aquatics center / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / , swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic games yn g gun Eustachian tube (linking pharynx / to tympanic cavity / / of middle ear) / auditory tube N jing zhu abbr. for / / / / / / / / , Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture in northwest Yunnan, capital Liuku or Lutku / / / | / / / [Liu4 ku4 zhen4] Lng yng xi Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county / / / | / / / [Gong4 he2 xian4] in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai d dng y the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang

Heng / / in 132 / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / Wng Yng mn Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method / / / / / | / / / / / [wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] X hu tng Xihuating pavilion on west side on Zhongnanhai, home to / / / | / / Jing Wi gu Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek / / / | / / z gn bio table of components used in wubi input method / / / / / | / / / / / [wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] jn g zhu the Band-tightening Spell (in / / / | / / / [Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / a spell or incantation for controlling sb b sng gun bassoon (loanword) / also written / / / | / / / [ba1 song4 guan3] or / / / [di1 yin1 guan3]

 H nn shng Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. / [Yu:4], capital Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1] Hu shng shng Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by / / / / / | / / / / / [Hou4 sheng1 Lao2 dong4 sheng3]) Hu gng s Huygens (name) / Christiaan Huygens (16291695), Dutch mathematician and astronomer Ki p l Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion Wn shu shn Longevity hill in Summer Palace / / / | / / / [yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing A si lu Othello, 1604 tragedy by William Shakespeare / / / / | / / / Hi din q Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Beijing University, Tsinghua University / / / / | / / / / [Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun / / /

| / / / [Zhong1 jin j du base pair (bp) consisting of two complementary nucleotides (adenine A / / / paired with thymine T / / / / in DNA) Sn W kng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West / / / | // Wi Zhng xin Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming Xin jng do Hamgyeongdo Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province / / / / | / / / / [Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province / / / / | / / Xing chng sh Xiangcheng county level city in Zhoukou / / , Henan

 Yun Hng do Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610), Ming dynasty poet and travel writer Zhng Chng gng Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader Dng Wi ling William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Beijing university Q h zhu Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash / / / / / | / / / / / [Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2] Sn yun Xin Sanyuan County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Shng ji Q Shangjie District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Zhng yun Q Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Zhng mu xin Zhongmou county in Zhengzhou / / | /

 / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Zhng zhn q Zhongzhan district of Jiaozuo city / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan Er4 q Q Erqi District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan W fng Xin abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei Hng d r Handel (name) / George Frideric Handel (16851759), German-born Baroque composer, naturalized British in 1727 Tng h q Tinghu district of Yancheng city / / / | / / / [Yan2 cheng2 shi4], Jiangsu Ji Zh tu Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin / / / | / / / , in whose honor the Qingming festival / / (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated Y l H Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes / / / [Wu3

da4 hu2] Xi ln H Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes / / / [Wu3 da4 hu2] Ji sh xin Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang d yn gun bassoon / also written / / / | / / / or // F gng xin Fogang county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong F xing g Tower of Buddhist incense in Summer Palace / / / | / / / [yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing Tng ji Jing Tongjia River in Manchuria, a tributary of the Yalu River / / / | / / / [Ya1 lu4 Jiang1] Xi w xin Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan

 f kn t bird's-eye view / see also / / / | / / / [niao3 kan4 tu2] Yun Ti z posthumous title of Genghis Khan / / / / [Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227) Gung mng ji Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called / / / / | / / / / and simply / / Li k zhn Liuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / in Yunnan lng mng ch Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written / / / | / / Lng Mng ch Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written / / L M du Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China / erroneous spelling of / / / | / /

 t f lng the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646 n zu r erhua variant of / / [nu3 zui3] Nn cho Sng Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing / also known as Liu Song / / | / Nn jio q Nanjiao district of Datong city / / / [Da4 tong2 shi4], Shanxi B i xin Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan Yn jing xin Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Sh Jng qin Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The search for modern China / / / / / / | / / / / /

 Sh zhu pin Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script / / [da4 zhuan4], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou / / / [Zhou1 Xuan1 wang2] but probably dating from c. 500 BC h zhng gu see / / / [fo2 shou3 gua1] Tng n xin former Tong'an county, now Tong'an district / / / | / / / [Tong2 an1 qu1] of Xiamen city, Fujian tng gn k to share joys and sorrows / sharing good times and hard times / same as / / / W Rn chn Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China / / / / | / / / W Ji jng Wu Jiajing (1618-1684), early Qing dynasty poet W Jin rn Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / //& Zhu Wn Wng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC),

reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou / / / the first Zhou dynasty king Xin n q Xian'an district of Xianning city / / / | / / / [Xian2 ning2 shi4], Hubei H n k Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called / / / | / / / and / / / / | / Tng Ru zng Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan / / [Li3 Dan4] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712 Shng shu xin Shangshui county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Ji y xin Jiayu county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei O1 yn hu see / / / | / / / [Ao4 yun4 hui4]

 Hu mn Q Huimin District of Hohhot city / / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia Gu zhn j abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / //// gu bio m Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / Gu Z Wi see / / / / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Guo2 you3 Yun q xin Yuanqu county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi M y xin Qaraqash Nahiyisi / Karakash county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Xi wng cho Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC

 D tng xin Datong county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi D fng xin Dafang county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou D tin sh Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4], South Korea D fng sh Dafeng county level city in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu D ki zhi see / / / | / / / [Kai1 zhai1 jie2] Tin zhn xin Tianzhen county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Ti kng xin Taikang county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan A wi r Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal farm / / / / | / / / / and

1984 / / / / Wi nng xin Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Mng zhu sh Mengzhou county level city in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan An1 yu xin Anyue county in Ziyang / / | / / [Zi1 yang2], Sichuan An1 x xin Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county / / / | / / / [Gua1 zhou1 xian4] in Jiuquan / / [Jiu3 quan2], Gansu Sng w d Emperor Wudi of Song / Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties / / | / / , broke away from Eastern Jin in 420 Sng Xing gng Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons / / /

 Sh yng xin Sheyang county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Shn yng q Shangyang district of Jiaozuo city / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan q l dng Lamp in the Side Street (c. 1777), novel by Qing dynasty writer Li L / yuan / / / | / / / [Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] Yu p h Yopurgha nahiyisi (Yopurga county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Chng yng xin Chongyang county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei Chun hu q Chuanhui district of Zhoukou city / / / [Zhou1 kou3 shi4], Henan Zu yn xin Zuoyun county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi B ch xin Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in

Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang b sng gun bassoon (loanword) / also written / / / [di1 yin1 guan3] or / / / [ba1 song1 guan3] Chng hng zh Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) Png l xin Pinglu county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Gung lng xin Guangling county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Jin h xin Jianhu county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Zhng Tng y Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty / / [Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary / / / / [Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3] X Zhn qng Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of

Four great southern talents of the Ming / / / / / D jing xin Dejiang county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou D d xin Dejun, former county, merged into Wudalianchi / / / / | / / / / [Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2] in Heihe, Heilongjiang Zhng qng do Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea S nn xin Sinan county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Hu j Q Huiji District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Di Mng sh Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer

 Zh ln tn Zhalantun county level city, Mongolian Zalan-ail xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Tu k tu Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia / alternative spelling of / / | / / [Tuo1 tuo1], Yuan dynasty politician Toktoghan (1314-1355) Tu l m Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC / Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest / / / / Tu l mi Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest / / / / / | / / / / / see also / / / [Tuo1 le F gu xin Fugou county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3],

Henan ci zh rn the Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet / / [Bi4 cai2] yun jio mi prostitute (slang) / see also / / / / | / / / / [yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] M z t Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer / also written / / Wn Zhng mng Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming / / / // Xn chng Q Xincheng District of Xi'an / / / [Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi / Xincheng District of Hohhot City / / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia Xn m sh Xinmi county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Xn rng q Xinrong district of Datong city / / / [Da4 tong2 shi4], Shanxi

 Xn jing xin Xinjiang county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Xn zhng sh Xinzheng county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Y tin xin K / riye Nahiyisi / Yutian county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Xn y Xin Xunyi County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Mng Tin q Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao / / / [Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name / / / [Ming2 Xi1 zong1] mng sh l annals of the Ming Dynasty / / [Ming2 chao2] (1368-1644) Chn li sh Spring willow society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture

movement, continued in China from 1912 as / / / / / | //// Chn dng m Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern festival / / / | / / / , at the end of Spring festival / / | / / ) Jn Wn gng Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons / / / Co Y zhng Cao Yuzhang (1924-), modern writer and publisher, author of narrative history / / / / Zh Yu xio personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi / / / | / / / [Ming2 Tian1 qi3] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627 L Sh tng Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement after the Xinhai Revolution / / / / [Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911 L W Zhun Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer

Bai Xingjian / / / | / / / [Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot L Bo ji Li Boyuan / / / or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom / / / / / | / / / / L G fi Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao / / L r wng King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare / / / / | / / / d jun k Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo / / / | / / Dng ti sh Dongtai county level city in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu Sng to xin Songtao Hmong autonomous county in

Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou p p go Pei Pa Koa, a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy / see / / / / / / / / [Jing1 du1 nian4 ci2 an1 pi2 pa2 gao1] Ln Ji qio Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician Bi k li Berkeley (name) / George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher / Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California Li yun zhn Liuyuan town in Guazhou county / / / | / / / [Gua1 zhou1 xian4] in Jiuquan / / , Gansu Gn h sh Genhe county level city, Mongolian Gegeen-gol xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Yng Shu rn Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar

 Yng lng Q Yangling District in Xianyang City / / / | / / / [Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi Ch Zhung wng King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons / / / zhn rn r erhua variant of / / [zhen1 ren2] Rng h xin Ronghe former county in / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi, present Linyi county / / / | / / / [Lin2 yi1 xian4] l yng yng Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games / / / / / | / /// L zh xin Lezhi county in Ziyang / / | / / [Zi1 yang2], Sichuan W gng Xin Wugong County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi W chun xin Wuchuan county in Hohhot / / / /

[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia q l dng Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li L / yuan / / / | / / / [Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] / also written / / / | / / Mn fng xin Niye Nahiyisi / Minfeng county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang qng lu:4 sun hydrochloric acid HCl / also written / / | / qng l sun hydrohalic acid (e.g. hydrofluoric acid HFl / / / | / / / [qing1 fu2 suan1], hydrochloric acid HCl / / etc) Yng shu Xin Yongshou County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Yng j sh Yongji county level city in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi

 Jing ku xin Jiangkou county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Qn yng sh Qinyang county level city in Jiaozuo / / [Jiao1 zuo4], Henan Shn qi xin Shenqiu county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Shn Bo zhn Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College / / / / | / / / / [Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866 mi shn me variant of / / / | / / / , nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind H jn sh Hejin county level city in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Yn h xin Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou

 F lng s H / ry / ji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara / / , Japan, dating back to the Asuka period / / / / | / / / / (c. 600) B y r Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist B yng xin Boyang county, former name of Poyang county / / / | / / / [Po2 yang2 xian4] in Shangrao / / | / / [Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi Lu p xin Lop Nahiyisi / Lop county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Hi n gn Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also / / [Xi3 li4] Hi l r Hailar district, Mongolian Xailar raion, of Hulunbuir city / / / / / | / / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 shi4], Inner Mongolia

 Jng yng Xin Jingyang County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Hui yng xin Huaiyang county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Chn hu Xin Chunhua County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi qng zhu sh Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] Qng chng q Qingcheng district of Qingyuan city / / / , Guangdong Qng ti zng posthumous title of Hung Taiji / / / | / / / (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci / / / / | / / / / , reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty / / |& Qng Ti z posthumous title of Nurhaci / / / / | / / / / (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty / / | / / (from 1616)

 Qng zhu sh Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] Qng xn xin Qingxin county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong Qng shu h Qingshuihe county in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia Qng hung cho the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Wi chng Q Weicheng District in Xianyang City / / / | / / / [Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi Hn yun xin Hunyuan county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Xng yng sh Xingyang county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng1 zhou1], Henan Hn Yun d Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi / / | / / [Liu2 Shi4], (74-33 BC), reigned 4833 BC

 Z p xin Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Bn hi xin Binhai county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu L shu xin Lushui county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan wi shn me variant of / / / | / / / , why? / for what reason? R r wi Gervais (name) / Paul Gervais (1816-1879), French geologist p xng li reptiles / also written / / / / | / / / Y k sh Yakeshi county level city, Mongolian Yagshi xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner

Mongolia D Gng An4 Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie / / / | / / / [Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee Y png xin Yuping Dong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Y qun Q Yuquan District of Hohhot City / / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia Wng Sh zhn Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet Wng Di y Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition B y r Robert Boyle (1627-1691), English chemist l xu ji Rationalist or follower of Rationalism or NeoConfucianism / / | / W l s Wallis (name) / John Wallis (1616-1703), English

mathematician, precursor of Newton Sh l xin Shule county in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Sh f xin Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Dng fng sh Dengfeng county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan bi b za variant of / / / [bai3 bu4 za5] Hung Ti j Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci / / / / | / / / / , reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty / / | / / , then founded the Qing dynasty / / and re P shn xin Guma Nahiyisi / Pishan county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Sh q g cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five

classics of Confucianism / / | / / [Wu3 jing1] as state canon

Sh qin xin Siqian county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou sh g wn early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal / / [xiao3 zhuan4] tn hu qng hydrocarbon / same as / | / [ting1] Zh Zh shn Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming / / / // F gng xin Fugong county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan L qun Xin Liquan County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Qn M gng Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin

(ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons / / / Qn d Q Qindu District in Xianyang City / / / | / / / [Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi J shn xin Jishan county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi D sh g Girard Desargues (1591-1661), French geometer C l xin Chira Nahiyisi / Chira county in Khotan prefecture / / / / | / / / / [He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang Gun chng Q Guangcheng Hui District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Jin yng sh Jianyang county level city in Ziyang / / | / / [Zi1 yang2], Sichuan N yng xin Nayong county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Lu:4 q bng same as / / | / / [lu:4 ying2], Green

standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units wi t mng variant of / / / | / / / [wei2 ta1 ming4] Zh jn xin Zhijin county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Lu Mo dng Luo Maodeng (16th century), Ming author of operas and popular fiction Wn x xin Wenxi county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Ru z ji see / / / | / / / [Kai1 zhai1 jie2] bo m dng cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G / / / | / / / in DNA and RNA) no gu r erhua variant of / / | / / [nao3 gua1] no gu zi see / / | / / [nao3 gua1]

 xin pio lng adenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T / / / / in DNA and with uracil U / / / in RNA) Ln y xin Linyi county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Xng png Sh Xingping county level city in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Shn d lng several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county / / / | / / / in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture / / | / / Shanxi Ru chng xin Ruicheng county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Yng j sh Y / ngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Sh ch xin Yeken nahiyisi (Yarkand county or Shache) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4

qu1], west Xinjiang Hu xng hu anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in Changsha by / / | / / [Huang2 Xing1] in 1904, a precursor of Sun Yatsen's Alliance for Democracy / / / | / / / [Tong2 meng2 hui4] and of the Guomindang Wn shn zhn Wanshan township in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou Wn rng xin Wanrong county in Yuncheng / / | / / [Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi Y chng xin Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang P q sh Puqi, old name for Chibi county level city / / / [Chi4 bi4 shi4], Xianning / / / , Hubei Xu J zhng Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song / / / / | / / /

 Ln png xin Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan Yun Y lng Yuan Yuling (-1674) Qing writer, author of / //? X hu xin Xihua county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan X yu b one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West / / / | / / Ji fng q Liberation city district / Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan X Zhng ln Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin / / / | / / / (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods / / / / | / / / / is attributed, together with sh shu r erhua variant of / / | / / [shi4 shou3]

 y h tun erroneous variant of / / / | / / / , the righteous harmonious fists / the Boxers Du mn jing Dumangang / / / , Korean name of Tumen river / / / | / / / [Tu2 men2 jiang1] in Jilin province, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea

Bi n l Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782)) Gng shn xin Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan Fi r m Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician Si hn Q Saihan District of Hohhot City / / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia

 Ch b sh Chibi county level city in Xianning / / / , Hubei / Chibi or Redcliff in Huangzhou district / / / | / / / of Huanggang city / / , Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Redcliff of 208 Ch b xin Chibi county in Xianning / / / , Hubei H zhng xin Hezhang county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou zu wi r erhua variant of / / [zou3 wei4] Zho Er3 xn Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty / / zhun zhu r erhua variant of / / | / / [zhuan4 zhou2] zhun lng r erhua variant of / / | / / [zhuan4 ling2] Tng chng xin Tongcheng county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei

 Tng shn xin Tongshan county in Xianning / / | / / [Xian2 ning2], Hubei tng xn ci see / / [weng4 cai4] tng yng m common coding / same as / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / [tong1 yong4 Han4 zi4 biao1 zhun3 jiao1 huan4 ma3] Lin nn xin Liannan Yaozu autonomous county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong Lin shn xin Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong Lin zhu sh Lianzhou county level city in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong zhu q bio periodic table (chemistry) / abbr. of / / / / / | / / / / / [yuan2 su4 zhou1 qi1 biao3], periodic table of the elements

 gu tng l lit. Notes on passing the hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng / / / | / / / , containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty sho pio png Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press / / | / / , executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin / / / | / / Lng sh nng Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit who served as Qing court painter for 50 years Dn chng xin Dancheng county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan L qun xin Liquan county in Xianyang / / | / / , Shaanxi / also written / / / | / / jn gu hn the Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / the Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as the Qing dynasty in 1644 Jn shu Q Jinshui District of Zhengzhou City / / / |

/ / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Jn sh xin Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou zhn g r erhua variant of / / | / / [zhen1 gu1] Chng w Xin Changwu County in Xianyang / / | / / [Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi Lng fng din Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan / / | / / [Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends Lng fng shn Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan / / | / / [Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends F nng xin Funing county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu A1 rng q Arun banner or Arongqi county in Hulunbuir /

/ / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Chn Rn x Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author Chn Zhng ln Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin / / / | / / / (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods / / / / | / / / / is attributed, together with L Chn Gng yn Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet L X xng Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods / / / / | / / / / is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin / / / | / / Yng shn xin Yangshan county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong

 Yng go xin Yanggao county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Yn jing q Yanjiang district of Ziyang city / / / | / / / [Zi1 yang2 shi4], Sichuan Lng qi xin Lingqiu county in Datong / / [Da4 tong2], Shanxi Qng jn sh Chongjin, capital of North Hamgyeong province / / / / | / / / / [Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4], North Korea Gng y sh Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou / / | / / [Zheng4 zhou1], Henan Wi w d Vivaldi (name) / Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer Xing shu xin Xiangshui county in Yancheng / / | / / [Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu dng gu gu variant of / / / | / / / [ding3 gua1

gua1] din f zu crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [shan1 dong4 dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zheng4 quan2] M k qn Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun M cn q Macun district of Jiaozuo city / / / [Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan Fng Du b Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called / / | / / [Feng2 Wu3] nio chng sh bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script / / , but with characters decorated as birds and insects Yng xng yn Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16 Yn h q Yanhu district (Salt Lake district) of Yuncheng city

 / / / | / / / [Yun4 cheng2 shi4], Shanxi Yn d q Yandu district of Yancheng city / / / | / / / [Yan2 cheng2 shi4], Jiangsu L y xin Luxi county in Zhoukou / / [Zhou1 kou3], Henan Mi g t Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Hung K jing pseudonym of Huang Xing / / | / / [Huang2 Xing1], one of the heroes of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution / / / / [Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] Hung Zng x Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition Hung f gu Huang Fugui, ghost of legends who provided Liu Juanzi with his magical recipes / / / / / / | / / /// Golden Week / refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New

Year / / | / / , Labor day / / / | / / / , National day / / | / / also written / / / | Qin x xin Qianxi county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou lng x ci asparagus / (Taiwan) young shoots of the chayote vine / / / [fo2 shou3 gua1] k t mng ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang) X Gung q Xu Guangqi (1562&ndash / 1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty S Wn mng Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great / / [Da4 Yu3] Yn Hng x Fran / ois Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court Dun yng ji see / / / | / / / [Duan1 wu3 jie2] Sho Pio png Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of

journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press / / | / / , executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin / / / | / / Gu J jng Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560-1640), Italian Jesuit missionary in China Jn gu hn the Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / the Manchu khanate or kingdom that took over as the Qing dynasty in 1644 shn me sh hou variant of / / / / | / / / / , when? / at what time? wng lu yu x online game / abbr. to / / | / xn x zhng xn information center / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / [Zhong1 guo2 ren2 quan2 min2 yun4 xin4 xi1 zhong1 xin1], Inform zhng su zhu zh see / / / / | / / / / [zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1] wi z q y abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / / [wai4 shang1 du2 zi1 qi3 ye4]

 shng w j sh biotechnology / abbr. to / b sh xu wi doctoral degree / PhD / same as Doctor of Philosophy / / / / / / | / / / / / gung din zng j state committee on films and broadcast media / PRC film censorship bureau / abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / Sh sh b y Shakespeare (name) / William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright yu shn wn shu variant of / / / / [you2 shan1 wan2 shui3] Xn wn Zhu kn Newsweek magazine / also written / / / / | / / / Q tin D shng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong / / / | / / / [Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West / / /

| / / / [Xi1 you2 Ji4] N r h ch Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty / / | / / (from 1616) jng h z zh Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / Ji zhu D xu University of California / abbr. for / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / [Jia1 li4 fu2 ni2 ya4 Da4 xue2] Tu r s ti Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace / / / / / | / / / / j jin gng z piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage / / / / | / / / / [ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1]

 ch xn wng xing to labor under a delusion (idiom) / wishful thinking / trad. form / / / / also used H m li t Hamlet (name) / the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark c. 1601 by William Shakespeare / / / / | / / / D no Tin gng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong / / / | / / / [Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West / / / | / / Fng shn Yn y Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's / / / [Zhou1 Wu3 Wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games Zhng gu wn lin abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / , China

Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) Du zhun xng y lit. the Big Dipper / / / [Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written / / / / | / / / / [xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3] Yng w Yn dng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named / / / / | / // Wi d m l Guatemala / see also / / / / | / / / / [Gua1 di4 ma3 la1] sn g mo l lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage / cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms / / / / | / / / / in which Liu Bei / / | / / recruits Zhuge Liang j li g l see / / / / | / / / / [ji1 li5 gu1 lu1]

 Yn gng sh k Yungang caves at Datong / / , Shanxi / Yu yng lu j On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan / / / | / / Mi y hng j US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA / abbr. for / / / / / | / / / / Bi jng yun rn Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian / / / [Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921 do d y p lit. to strike with a muck-rake (idiom), cf Pigsy / / / | / / / in Journey to the West / / / | / / / fig. to counter-attack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim) y mio zh zhng see / / / / | / / / / [ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3] S bn nu sh Baruch or Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677),

rationalist philosopher xng y Du zhun lit. the Big Dipper / / / [Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written / / / / | / / / / [Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2] sn hung w d three sovereigns / / [san1 huang2] and five emperors / / [wu3 di4] of myth and legend / the earliest system of Chinese historiography sn gng w chng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence / , righteousness / | / , propriety / | / , wi W sh chu xio to beg while playing the xiao / (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu / / / , destitute refugee from Chu / , busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician chu xio q sh to beg while playing the xiao / (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu / / / , destitute refugee from Chu / , busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

 hng dng y sh variant of / / / / | / / / / [hong1 dong4 yi1 shi2] sh do gu zh an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf / / / / [de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support zu ln yu l see / / / / | / / / / [zuo3 lin2 you4 she4] wn fng b dng absolutely still / fig. not the slightest change / also written / / / / | / / / chn hn dng xng morning and evening visits to parents / cf / / / / [hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] n d Chn cng lit. secretly crossing the Wei River / / [Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu / / | / / [Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig b shu hu jio to gesticulate / to make lively gestures

(while talking) / also written / / / / | / / / ni j tng co cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike / also written / / / / | / / / / [niu2 ji4 tong2 zao4] g bo zhu zi see / / / [ge1 bo5 zhou3] j sh gng z time rate wage / remuneration based on one's time and skill / opposite: piece rate wage / / / / | / / / / [ji4 jian4 gong1 zi1] z huo min r erhua variant of / / / | / / / [za2 huo5 mian4] j gng jn l to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom) / striving to the utmost / same as / / / / | / / / / [ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4] Xing Zhung w jin lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1]

(idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen / / / | / / / [Hong2 men2 Yan4] in x yun s actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 / | / [a1], thorium Th90 / | / [tu3], protoactinium Pa91 / | / [pu2], uranium U92 / | / [you2], neptunium Ne93 / | / [na2], plutonium Pu94 b d l r erhua variant of / / / | / / / [bu4 da4 li2] chng j s hn Genghis Khan (1162-1227) W shu dun l Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province / / / / | / / / / [Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] Gng ti Xu yun Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Bei3 jing1 Ke1 ji4 Da4 xue2], University of Science and Technology Beijing)

 Gung rng G mng Glorious Revolution (England, 1688) Y k sh sh Yakeshi county level city, Mongolian Yagshi xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia sn fn zh lun Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi Sn fn pn lun rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi sn ho din ch C size battery (PRC) / AA battery (Taiwan) / see / / / / | / / / / (C battery in Taiwan) and / / / / | / / / / (AA battery in PRC) Zhng gu zu xi PRC writer's union / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / Ji gng shn zhn Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture / / , Hubei w q gn xio May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated

people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution) / abbr. for / / / / / / | / / / / / / [wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4] w b z xng Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes / variant of / / / / | / / / / [wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2] y zhu zhu kn variant of / / / / | / / / / , Asiaweek (current affairs magazine) rn li shu sh an abortion / abbr. of / / / / / / | / / / / / rn jn q ci employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written / / / / | / / / rn jin x j La com / die humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honor / de Balzac / / / / | / / / / [Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4] Lng h D fn Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties /

/ | / zu zhn sh zng see / / / / / / | / / / / / / [zuo4 zhan4 shi1 zong1 ren2 yuan2] s sh q rn Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai / / / | / / / [Feng2 Ji4 cai2] do bi shu r erhua variant of / / / [dao4 bei4 shou3] jin kng jin ch see / / / / | / / / / [ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] xin d y zho posthumous edict of former emperor / Liu Bei's / / | / / edict to posterity gng yng q y public enterprise, as opposed to private enterprise / / / / | / / / / [si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] dng zu p r erhua variant of / / / | / / /

[dong4 zui3 pi2] Sh q kng qio Seventeen arch bridge in the Summer Palace / / / | / / / , Beijing sh li wi yun 16-bit (computing) sh gu chn qi History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen / / / | / / / , 77 scrolls Yu y wn su see / / / / / / | / / / / / / [You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2] fn Yun yn dng opposing Yuan Shikai / / / | / / / in War of national protection / / / | / / / 19151916 / same as / / / / | / / / K k tu hi Keketuohai town in Fuyun county / / / | / / / [Fu4 yun4 xian4], Altay prefecture, Xinjiang ch zh fng yn variant of / / / / | / / / / [chi4 zha4 feng1 yun2]

 W wng H Lu:2 King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons / / / / also called / / / / | / / / H ln g r Horinger county in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia Xin jng bi do North Hamgyeong Province in northeast of North Korea, capital Chongjin / / / [Qing1 jin1 shi4] H n k ji Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called / / / | / / / and simply / / Tng zho t s Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin / / / / | / / / / and his last resting place hun y h fng to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom) / to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles / also /

 / / / | / / / / [hu1 feng1 huan4 yu3] Xi m sh sh Natsume S / seki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelist d y tng zh Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din / / / / | / / / / and Yu Yinglong / / / | / / / , 755 scrolls D Qng D gu the (great) Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (16441911) / Qing Empire Tin l L chng Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851) Ti j t shu philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dun'yi / / / | / / / , starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes z zh lu zi see / / / | / / / [zi4 zhi3 lou3]

 xu fn xio sh credit hour (in an academic credit system) / see also / / / | / / / [xue2 fen1 zhi4] An1 d lu: H Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes / / / [Wu3 da4 hu2] M xi gn H Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes / / / [Wu3 da4 hu2] Yu p h xin Yopurgha nahiyisi (Yopurga county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Gng rn b q Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet / also written / / / / | / / / ch b l r erhua variant of / / / | / / / [cha4 bu4 li2] Hu X yu J one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West / / / | / / zhng qng bi do North Chungcheong Province, South

Korea, capital Cheongju / / Zhng qng bi do North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju / / Zh ln tn sh Zhalantun county level city, Mongolian Zalan-ail xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Tu k tu xin Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia Tu l chi l Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo zh shu hu jio to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written / / / / | / / / yun jio xio jie girl who engages in enjo-k / sai / see also / / / / | / / / / [yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] d b shu r erhua variant of / / / [da1 ba3 shou3] xn wn zhu kn Newsweek magazine / also written /

/ / / | / / / Chn li j chng Spring willow society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture movement, continued in China from 1912 as / / / / / | / / / / bn wi hu b local currency / our own currency / abbr. / / | / Zh m l dng see / / / / | / / / / [Za1 ma3 la2 ding1] Zh m l dng see / / / / | / / / / [Za1 ma3 la2 ding1] L x hu fn 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 / / / / | / / /

 Ch Hn zhn zhng the war of 206-202 BC between Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu / / | / / [Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu O n z zh Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), abbr. for / / / / / / / / / | / /////// W wng f Zhu King Wu of Zhou / / / [Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang / / / | / / / [Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] b shu hu jio to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written / / / / | / / / mi rn wi r erhua variant of / / / | / / / [mei2 ren2 wei4] Hi l r q Hailar district, Mongolian Xailar raion, of Hulunbuir city / / / / / | / / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 shi4], Inner Mongolia

 Qng shu h xin Qingshuihe county in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia Tng W G mng the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang / / | / / [Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu Mn zhu l sh Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia y rn chu xio virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao / (mouth organ) virtuoso / / won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin / / y wn di c interrogative pronoun ( / | / , / / | / / , / / | / / etc)

 Sh q g y cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism / / | / / [Wu3 jing1] as state canon ji z dng w arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs / same as / / / / | / / / / [jie2 zhi1 dong4 wu4] wn fng b dng absolutely still / fig. not the slightest change / also written / / / / | / / / Z m l dng see / / / / | / / / / [Za1 ma3 la2 ding1] Sho m j zhu Somogy county in southwest Hungary, capital / / / / [Kao3 bo1 shi2 bao3] s chu g l the ancient Silk Road / see also / / / / | / / / / [si1 chou2 zhi1 lu4] X X yu J one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey

to the West / / / | / / Lo Cn Yu j The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E / / | / / [Liu2 E4], classified as novel of denunciation Lo yng xng yn Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16 Shng d Ti z Prince Sh / toku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period / / / / | / / / / [Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint s fn yn dng purge of counter-revolutionary elements (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57) / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / xing xin m dng thymine nucleotide (T, pairs with adenine A / / / in DNA)

 tu k fi yn decaffeinated / decaf / see also / / / / | / / / / [wu2 ka1 fei1 yin1] Z qing Yn dng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named / / / / | / / / m shu dun l Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province / / / / | / / / / [Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] Yng j sh xin Y / ngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Li b n z Leibnitz (name) / Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-inventor of the calculus Wn shn t q Wanshan special county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1],

Guizhou ji z y zh variant of / / / / | / / / / [jie4 zi1 yi4 zhu4] Shu wn Ji z Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen / / | / / [Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century H t l Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu Yu Wng Gu Jin King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons / / / shn t jin ch see / / / / | / / / / [ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] F rn D xu Furen Catholic university of Beijing (from 1925), a forerunner of Beijing Normal University / / / / / / | / / / / / / Fujen Catholic University in Hsinchuang, Taipei

 D du Wng cho Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 14851603 Xng sh Hng yn Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong / / / | / / / [Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1627 Chng chng fn din Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton / / / | / / / ) ki f zhu q development cycle / development period / also written / / / / | / / / E2 r g n Ergun county level city, Mongolian Erg / ne xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Yng zhung xng yn Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16 xin jn jn r erhua variant of / / / | / / / [xian2 jin1 jin1] xin s s r erhua variant of / / / | / / / [xian2

si1 si1] jin j pi du base pairing (e.g. adenine A / / / pairs with thymine T / / / / in DNA) / base pair Mi g t xin Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang hi gu lng dng variant of / / / / [hei1 gu5 long1 dong1] Bo ji kng d Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617), native American noted for her association with the colony of Jamestown, Virginia b l x tn piracetam (loanword) / see / / / / / / / [yi3 xian1 an4 bi3 luo4 wan2 tong2] Gu ji Hn bn Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching

resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes / / / &# wi mng sh tng see / / / / | / / / / [wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2] Chng j s hn Genghis Khan (1162-1227) wi gu li zo ugly / repulsive / also written / / / / | / / / / [wai1 gua1 lie4 zao3] s ci bn fn see / / / / | / / / / [wu3 cai3 bin1 fen1] sun bu li qi see / / / / | / / / / [suan1 bu5 liu1 diu1] Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist / also written / / / / / | / / / / / [Jian3 / Ao4 si1 ting1] John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress / / / / | / / / Zhng gu Jio y wng abbr. for / / / / /

 / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / / [Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4 he2 Ke1 yan2 Ji4 suan4 ji1 wang3] A s j m rn Eskimo / also called Inuit / / / | / / y tu li r w lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / fig. to deny responsibility / to pass the buck / also written / / / / / [yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3] gu ji bio zhn m Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. / / / | / / Zhng gu Zhng Jin Hu China securities regulatory commission CSRC / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / / S b l r H Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes / / / [Wu3 da4 hu2] Zhng gu Hng hi r Maritime Day (July 11th)

commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He / / | / / [Zheng4 He2] in 1405 AD w rn m bi j Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu / / | / / [Zhang1 Pu3] Yun q s d ji Four great Yuan dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing / / / | / / / , Zheng Guangzu / / / | / / / , Ma Zhiyuan / / / | / / / and Bai Pu / / |& K k tu hi zhn Keketuohai town in Fuyun county / / / | / / / [Fu4 yun4 xian4], Altay prefecture, Xinjiang H ln g r xin Horinger county in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia H m j du dn Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16) Tng Sng b d ji Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement / / / / | /

 / / / , namely: Han Yu / / | / / , Liu Zongyuan / / / , Ouyang Xiu / & s y r sh bin the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called / / / / / | / / / / / or / / | / / in PRC literature T m t zu q Tumed left banner, Mongolian T / med z / / n khoshuu, in Hohhot / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia D Tng D Gng An4 Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie / / / | / / / [Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth D tin gung y sh Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province / / / / [Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4], South Korea ti png yng zhu bin variant of / / / / / | / / / / / , Pacific Rim

 z gn tng yng m common coding for components of Chinese character / same as Zheng coding / / | / / [Zheng4 ma3] Sng w d Li y Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song / / | / / , broke away from Eastern Jin in 420 Fng b xng Ki j Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as / / / / / / | / / / / / N b ch tio yu Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia w x li jn z the six gentlemen martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong / / / | / / / , Lin Xu / / , Yang Shenxiu / / / | / / / , Liu tu yng j h xu projective geometry / same as / /

 / / / | / / / / dng nn x bi zhng the five directions / / east, south, west, north and middle To yun Sn Ji y Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei / / | / / [Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei / / | / / [Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu / / | / / [Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms gu r de ling shi The damned grain, novel by Liu Heng / / | / Gun chng Hu z Q Guangcheng Hui District of Zhengzhou City / / / | / / / [Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan Y k ji ln n Yekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia S r h zh zhn Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci / / / / | / / / / crushed

four Ming armies L x t hu fn 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 / / / / | / / / Jn Png Mi C Hu Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content Ki p l dng lu:4 Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1609, 1618) Chn b r h q Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Y din de ti mn Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare / / / / | / / / z j s d ji Four great Yuan dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing / / / | / / / , Zheng Guangzu / / / | /

 / / , Ma Zhiyuan / / / | / / / and Bai Pu / / |&

E2 r g n sh Ergun county level city, Mongolian Erg / ne xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia din f gu ji zu crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [shan1 dong4 dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zheng4 quan2] din f zhng f zu crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / [shan1 dong4 dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zheng4 quan2] Ji k Ln dn Jack London (1876-1916), American writer Zhn A s tng Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist / also written / / / / / | / / / / / [Jian3

 / Ao4 si1 ting1] Yu hn Bn rn John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress / / / / | / / / 3 RIM-161 Standard Missile-3 Ni Mng g Z zh q Inner Mongolia autonomous region, abbr. / / / | / / / [Nei4 Meng3 gu3], capital Hohhot / / / / / [Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4] wi shng d z q y Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) / see also / / / / | / / / / [wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4] Bi jng Y yn Xu yun Beijing Language Institute / former name of / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture

University (BLCU) n ma m ba n mu Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra / also written / / / / / / / / / / / Ji zhu L gng Xu yun California Institute of Technology (Caltech) / abbr. for / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / w q gn b xu xio May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution) / abbr. / / / / | / / / Ji zhu J sh Xu yun California Institute of Technology (Caltech) / also written / / / / / / | / / /// Yu y tin chng d ji see / / / / / / | / / / / / / [You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2] ch bo le fn chng de having nothing better to do /

see / / / / | / / / zh xu b sh xu wi PhD degree (Doctor of Philosophy) / also abbr. to / / / / | / / / S d F jio Mng shn Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai / / / | / / / in Shanxi, Mt Emei / / / in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua / / / | / / / in Anhui, Mt Potala / / & zi qio ling gng d shng At the bridge building site, 1956 novel by Liu Binyan / / / | / / T sh k r gn xing Taxkorgan township in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang D Yun d y tng zh Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din / / / / | / / / / and Yu Yinglong /

 / / | / / / , 755 scrolls i m d y xn s nothing more sad than a withered heart / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / (popular culture misquotation of / / / / / / | / / / / / / , saying attributed to Confuciu Xn b r h yu q New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Xn b r h zu q New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia

Ling Tng Jn Hn Zhu sh another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song / / / / | / // Hung ti j Qng ti zng Hung Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci / / / / | / / / / , reigned

1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty / / | / / , then founded the Qing dynasty / / and re K l o ln n s Coriolanus, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare / / / / | / / / d w g xin di hu fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations / / / | / / / , / / / / / | / / / / E4 ln chn z zh q Oroqin autonomous banner in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia shung hu qin bng ki j Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess) / same as / / / / / | / /// E2 r g n yu q former Ergun Right banner, now in Ergun county level city, Mongolian Erg / ne xot, in Hulunbuir / /

 / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia E2 r g n zu q former Ergun Left banner, now in Ergun county level city, Mongolian Erg / ne xot, in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia M wi shu sh xu tng Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college / / / / / / | / / / / / / , set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty jin j h b pi du complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A / / / pairs with thymine T / / / / in DNA Hng l H d xn Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator Qio zh A wi r George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal farm / / / / | / / / / and 1984

 A s k Ni dn Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist Bi jng Gung b Xu yun Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of / / / / / / | / / / / / / [Zhong1 guo2 Chuan2 mei2 Da4 xue2] Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace / / / / / | / / / / Charlotte Bront / (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Bront / sisters, author of Jane Eyre / / / | / / Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English renaissance philosopher and early scientist Green Dam Youth Escort, internet content-control

software (abbreviated to / / | / / [Lu:4 ba4]) ling qin li bi y sh li 2816 zhng n b ch tio yu Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia Qun mn Y w Zh sh r National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day / / / | / / / [Zhi2 shu4 jie2] Y png Dng z z zh xin Yuping Dong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou D qng Zng z z zh zhu D / q / n or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture, northwest Yunnan, capital Jiantang / / / | / / / [Jian4 tang2 zhen4] Lin nn Yo z z zh xin Liannan Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong

 E4 wn k z z zh q Evenk autonomous banner in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia Ji l lu: Ji l li Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist Li f Tu r s ti Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace / / / / / | / / / / Xi Lu t B ling t Charlotte Bront / (18161855), English novelist, eldest of three Bront / sisters, author of Jane Eyre / / / | / / Wi lin Sh sh b y William Shakespeare (15641616), poet and playwright F ln x s Pi gn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English renaissance philosopher and early scientist F ln x s Pi gn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English renaissance philosopher and early scientist

 Lu:4 b hu j h hng Green Dam Youth Escort, Internet content-control software (abbreviated to / / | / / [Lu:4 ba4]) T sh k r gn z zh xin Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Yn h T ji z z zh xin Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou jng j xi l ki f j gu Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD / also written / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / [Jing1 ji4 he2 zuo4 yu3 fa1 zhan3 z gu ji bio zhn Zhng wn jio hun m CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992

 mng xi zhn do , n d Chn cng lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River / / [Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu / / | Lin shn Zhung z Yo z z zh xin Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan / / , Guangdong Xing Zhung w jin , y zi Pi Gng lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang / / | / / [Liu2 Bang1], aka Duke of Pei / / [Pei4 tin xi mi yu b sn de yn x see / / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / [tian1

xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2] 16 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

Yn jing T ji z Mio z z zh xin Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou An1 dng n y K l o pi t l Anthony and Cleopatra, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare / / / / | /// k xu j sh sh d y shng chn l Science and technology is the number one productive force (from 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping / / / | / / / introducing the Four Modernizations / / / / / | / / / / Ln png Bi z P m z z zh xin Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous

prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan Gng shn D lng z N z z zh xin Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / [Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan T sh k r gn T j k z zh xin Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang Wi nng Y z Hu z Mio z z zh xin Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture / / / / | / / / / [Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou M l d w D w r z z zh q Morin Dawa Daur autonomous banner in Hulunbuir / / / / | / / / / [Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia

 Gu w yun Gu yu Z chn Jin d Gun l Wi yun hu State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of State Council (SASAC) / abbr. to / / / | / / / [Guo2 Zi1 Wei3] 2016 United Nations action plan on Chernobyl to 2016 xin tin xi zh yu r yu , hu tin xi zh l r l The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower / / / / | / / / / by Song writer Fan Zhongyan / / / | / / 16 Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Environmental Protection 16362005 Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1636 (2005) 2006-2016