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| | river (CL: 條|条, 道) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 | HSK 2 |
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| | yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic | HSK 2 |
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| | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River | HSK 2 |
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| | golden yellow; golden | |
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| | (yellow color) | |
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| | Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派 | |
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| | lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown | |
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| | Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei | |
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| | Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method | |
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| | Yellow River or Huang He | |
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| | Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄 | |
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| | yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations) | |
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| | the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC | |
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| | yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) | |
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| | yellow quartz / topaz | |
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| | light yellow | |
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| | glistening yellow; golden | |
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| | Shaoxing yellow wine | |
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| | (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment | |
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| | the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell | |
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| | Yellow Sea | |
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| | macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot | |
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| | the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) | |
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| | Yellow Sea (Korean term) | |
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| | name or river God associated with Yellow river | |
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| | yellow croaker (fish) | |
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| | the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜 | |
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| | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored | |
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| | Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 | |
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| | The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC | |
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| | yellow-green | |
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| | Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea | |
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| | large river (esp the Yellow River) | |
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| | Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red | |
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| | "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) | |
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| | Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat | |
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| | Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 | |
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| | orange yellow / tangerine yellow / chrome yellow | |
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| | sallow / yellow and withered / sickly | |
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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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| | greenish yellow / sallow (of complexion) | |
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| | loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) | |
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| | lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance | |
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| | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) | |
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| | Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | yellow croaker (fish) / corvina | |
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| | Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei | |
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| | Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱 | |
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| | Chinese yellow eel | |
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| | green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century) | |
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| | the yellow race; the Mongoloid race | |
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| | yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted) | |
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| | Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852 | |
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| | Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) | |
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| | Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor / Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi | |
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| | land west of the Yellow river / Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces | |
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| | yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) | |
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| | yellow fever | |
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| | (archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江, Yellow 黃河|黄河, Huai 淮河, Ji 濟水|济水) / (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9 | |
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| | yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) | |
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| | lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble | |
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| | light yellow color | |
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| | Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC | |
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| | Yangtze and Yellow rivers | |
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| | Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江 | |
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| | refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail | |
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| | round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China) | |
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| | to visit the Yellow Springs / to die | |
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| | yellow (archaic) | |
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| | a yellow color | |
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| | Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | Liugong island in the Yellow sea | |
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| | yellow green | |
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| | Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery | |
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| | comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen | |
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| | lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left | |
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| | The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings | |
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| | the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia | |
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| | yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) | |
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| | Yellow Pages | |
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| | to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels | |
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| | yellow dye made from the bark of the 柘 tree | |
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| | greenish yellow / sallow (pale or yellow complexion) / variant of 倉皇|仓皇 | |
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| | white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition | |
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| | to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄 | |
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| | the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm / the world is at peace (idiom) | |
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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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| | yellow face (due to sickness etc) / yellow-skinned people | |
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| | abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC | |
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| | Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han | |
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| | yellow green | |
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| | yellow gum / xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener) | |
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