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instrument; apparatus / CL: 臺|台
HSK 6
ceremony
HSK 6
appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument)
HSK 7-9
honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession
water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
etiquette / ceremony
HSK 7-9
Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
scanner (device)
ceremonial weaponry
dashboard / indicator panel
a funeral home; an undertaker's
precision instruments
honorarium / gift as thanks
flag raising ceremony
bearing / deportment
heaven and earth / yin and yang
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apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
religious ceremony
appearance
liturgical
honor guard / parade squad
reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪
Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors
Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
night vision device
discourteous / failure of etiquette
a land of ceremony and propriety
The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 by Bernardo Bertolucci
Yilong county in Nanchong 南充, Sichuan
Tao Zongyi (c. 1329-1410), Yuan dynasty scholar
globe
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
funeral ceremony
to admire
sextant
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
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
spectrometer; spectrograph
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
funeral / obsequies
ceremony
infrared body thermometer / temperature gun
master of ceremonies (MC)
Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor
Yizheng, a county-level city in Yangzhou City 揚州市|扬州市, Jiangsu
Texas Instruments
Tang Shaoyi (1862-1939), politician and diplomat
mass spectrometer
projector
sensor / detector
sacrificial ceremony / sacrificial offering
seismometer
radiation meter
product launching ceremony
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡 in 132
book by Han dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng
a gift of money to the family of the deceased
guard of honor
optical instrument
planetarium projector
ritual (Daoism) / scientific instrument (abbr. for 科學儀器|科学仪器)
gyroscope
worship service
armillary sphere (astronomy)
money gift at a funeral
equatorial mount (for a telescope)
etiquette / ceremonial protocol
interferometer (physics)
attire and grooming
survey meter
funeral
gauge
a surrender ceremony
first-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked one level below the empress)
Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪 to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟
electronic equipment used to measure distance (e.g. a rangefinder, telemeter etc)
flight recorder / black box
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼 (禮儀|礼仪), music 樂|乐 (音樂|音乐), archery (射箭), charioteering (駕車|驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書|书 (識字|识字), mathematics or reckoning 數|数 (計算|计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
lie detector; polygraph
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡 in 132 / abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪
instrumentation amplifier
ordinance
Anita Yuen (1971-), Hong Kong actress
Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋 to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪 to the throne
funeral worker; mortician; undertaker
to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies
protractor
theodolite
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦 and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪
biological dosimeter
Ismail (name) / Shāh Ismāil I (1487-1524), founder of Persian Safavid dynasty, reigned 1501-1524
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
dashcam
ratemeter
Yilong county in Nanchong 南充, Sichuan
Sextans (constellation)


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