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| | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to | HSK 3 |
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| | to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) | HSK 3 |
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| | to admonish / variant of 證|证 | HSK 3 |
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| | certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm / variant of 症 | HSK 3 |
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| | to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money) | HSK 5 |
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| | journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to open (one's eyes) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan / surname Zheng / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan | |
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| | Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇 | |
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| | Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point | |
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| | Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou | |
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| | to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue | |
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| | to admonish / to warn sb of their errors / to criticize frankly / Taiwan pr. [zheng1] | |
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| | Xiren, courtesy title of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | (bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken | |
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| | (dialect) to stare blankly; to be in a daze / Taiwan pr. [leng4] | |
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| | lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent | |
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| | History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵|魏征 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls | |
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| | multitudinous / the masses / to present (to sb) / to rise / to advance / to progress / archaic variant of 蒸 | |
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| | (HK dialect) to throw / to toss | |
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| | Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-) | |
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| | Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar | |
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| | Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer | |
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| | Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 | |
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| | Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) | |
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| | folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑 / lascivious, decadent music | |
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| | Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码 | |
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| | lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea | |
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| | Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou | |
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| | Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao | |
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| | to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 to regions bordering the Indian Ocean) | |
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| | Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | common coding for components of Chinese character / same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码 | |
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| | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC | |
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| | Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 / also written 三保太監|三保太监 | |
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| | Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 in 1405 AD | |
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| | Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician | |
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| | Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国, subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政, who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 | |
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| | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC | |
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| | Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel | |
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| | Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 | |
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| | Zheng Xingjuan (1989-), Chinese athlete, lady high jumper | |
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| | Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding | |
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| | court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐, music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声, music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd) | |
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| | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 | |
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