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| | elderly / old age / autumn of one's years | HSK 2 |
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| | autumn / fall | HSK 4 |
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| | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month | HSK 5 |
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| | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) | HSK 5 |
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| | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon | |
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| | to hunt in autumn (archaic) | |
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| | capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
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| | Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October | |
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| | clear and refreshing autumn weather | |
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| | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month | |
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| | autumn / autumn weather | |
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| | surname Yi / alternative name for 絳|绛, the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
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| | 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn | |
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| | Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent | |
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| | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) | |
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| | spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) | |
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| | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书 | |
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| | the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter | |
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| | autumn / fall / harvest time | |
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| | Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school | |
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| | to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless | |
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| | the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | office (room) / ruling families during Spring and Autumn period | |
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| | the four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | |
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| | austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter) | |
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| | autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) | |
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| | autumn outing / autumn excursion | |
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| | early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar | |
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| | Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period | |
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| | lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet | |
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| | Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 | |
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| | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods | |
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| | Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦 | |
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| | Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, first published during the Han Dynasty | |
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| | early autumn | |
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| | the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC) | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 | |
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| | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep | |
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| | Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong | |
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| | lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom) / to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge | |
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| | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践 | |
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| | autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) / meadow saffron | |
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| | autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) | |
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| | gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor | |
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| | Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) | |
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| | the cool of autumn | |
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| | (literary) a type of warship used in the Spring and Autumn period; magnificent large boat | |
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| | The Artificer's Record, a technology treaty compiled towards the end of the Spring and Autumn period | |
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| | name of a country in Spring and Autumn period in modern Shandong, destroyed by Qi 齊|齐 | |
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| | another name for the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 | |
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| | autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance | |
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| | autumn trial (judicial hearing of capital cases during Ming and Qing) | |
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| | combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节 falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section | |
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| | late autumn | |
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| | autumn rain | |
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| | lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned | |
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| | jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person | |
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| | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家 | |
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| | autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age | |
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| | results of the autumn imperial examinations | |
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| | second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar | |
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| | Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August | |
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| | lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail | |
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| | the autumn equinox | |
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| | a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) | |
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| | colors of autumn / autumn scenery | |
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| | Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August | |
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| | Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | cool breeze of autumn | |
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| | a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August | |
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| | autumn scenery / harvest season | |
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| | sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) | |
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| | Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | autumn levy (tax on harvest) | |
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| | autumn plowing | |
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| | the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia | |
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| | autumn leaf | |
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| | fall; autumn | |
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| | Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / known as Guangzi 管子 | |
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| | Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书 | |
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| | Quebei, the ancient name of an irrigation reservoir constructed during the Spring and Autumn period in present-day Anhui, still operational and now known as 安豐塘|安丰塘 | |
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| | Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國|晋国 of the Spring and Autumn states | |
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| | autumn grain crops | |
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| | the cool autumn breeze (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom) / fig. to settle scores at an opportune time | |
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| | ripening in autumn (of crops) | |
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| | name of a state and its people in Shangdong in late Spring and Autumn period | |
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| | autumn irrigation | |
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| | the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom) | |
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| | Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period | |
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| | harvest season / autumn | |
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| | sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom) | |
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| | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods / Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) | |
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