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"640,000" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
六十四万 六十四萬 liù shí sì wàn 640,000
Chinese Pinyin Translation
万里 萬里 wàn lǐ far away / thousands of miles / 10,000 li
大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
北京人 běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing
四千 sì qiān four thousand / 4 000
青铜器 青銅器 qīng tóng qì bronze implement / refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn
第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
万元户 萬元戶 wàn yuán hù household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) syn
骆宾王 駱賓王 luò bīn wáng Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
北京猿人 běi jīng yuán rén Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921
兆周 zhào zhōu megacycle (MC), equals 1,000,000 Hz
千周 qiān zhōu kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
川震 chuān zhèn Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people / same as 四川大地震[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4]
常衡制 cháng héng zhì Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
万户侯 萬戶侯 wàn hù hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles syn
蜻蛉目 qīng líng mù Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
蜻蜓目 qīng tíng mù Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies
赵括 趙括 zhào kuò Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3]
长平之战 長平之戰 cháng píng zhī zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
关东地震 關東地震 guān dōng dì zhèn Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
陕西大地震 陝西大地震 shǎn xī dà dì zhèn the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
非利士 fēi lì shì Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
非利士族 fēi lì shì zú Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
马服子 馬服子 mǎ fú zǐ Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4]
汉语大词典 漢語大詞典 hàn yǔ dà cí diǎn Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994
1000瓦反相器 1,000 watt inverter
千个微型项目倡议 千個微型項目倡議 1,000 micro-projects initiative
万夫不当 萬夫不當 wàn fū bù dāng lit. unbeatable by even 10,000 men (idiom) / fig. extremely brave and strong
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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