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"Modern New Confucianism" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
现代新儒家 現代新儒家 xiàn dài xīn rú jiā Modern New Confucianism / see also 新儒家[Xin1 Ru2 jia1]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn
一朝天子一朝臣 yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides
新文化运动 新文化運動 xīn wén huà yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
新儒家 xīn rú jiā New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy / see also 當代新儒家|当代新儒家[Dang1 dai4 Xin1 Ru2 jia1]
当代新儒家 當代新儒家 dāng dài xīn rú jiā Contemporary New Confucianism / see 新儒家[Xin1 Ru2 jia1]
今译 今譯 jīn yì modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn
新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn
迎新 yíng xīn to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
纳新 納新 nà xīn to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
New Cronos 数据库 New Cronos 數據庫 New Cronos
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
柯邵忞 kē shào mín Ke Shaomin (1850-1933), modern historian, author of New history of the Yuan dynasty 新元史
大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
孟子 mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
中庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary syn
儒学 儒學 rú xué Confucianism
经书 經書 jīng shū classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras syn
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
三教 sān jiào the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
礼乐 禮樂 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
周礼 周禮 zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
五经 五經 wǔ jīng the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
儒教 rú jiào Confucianism
董仲舒 dǒng zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
孔教 kǒng jiào Teaching of Confucius / Confucianism
三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) syn
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
理学家 理學家 lǐ xué jiā scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学[Li3 xue2]
石渠阁 石渠閣 shí qú gé cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] as state canon
石渠阁议 石渠閣議 shí qú gé yì cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] as state canon
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
内在超越 內在超越 nèi zài chāo yuè inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
忠恕 zhōng shù loyalty and consideration for others / magnanimity (ideal virtues in Confucianism)
创新 創新 chuàng xīn to bring forth new ideas / to blaze new trails / innovation syn
全新 quán xīn all new / completely new syn
新型 xīn xíng new type / new kind syn
新版 xīn bǎn new edition / new version
新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn
新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn
换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn
贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn
拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn
新居 xīn jū new residence / new home
新知 xīn zhī new knowledge / new friend syn
新风 新風 xīn fēng new trend / new custom syn
新欢 新歡 xīn huān new flame / new lover
新纪元 新紀元 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch syn
焕然一新 煥然一新 huàn rán yī xīn to look completely new (idiom) / brand new / changed beyond recognition syn
春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
因势利导 因勢利導 yīn shì lì dǎo to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities syn
长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout
生手 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job syn
新民主主义革命 新民主主義革命 xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) syn
守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
履新 lǚ xīn (of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year syn
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
簇新 cù xīn brand-new / spanking new syn
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn
新愁旧恨 新愁舊恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
标新领异 標新領異 biāo xīn lǐng yì to bring in the new (idiom) / new directions, different creation
旧愁新恨 舊愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
比较新 比較新 bǐ jiào xīn comparatively new / relatively new
恭喜发财 恭喜發財 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
拉包尔 拉包爾 lā bāo ěr Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
新不列颠岛 新不列顛島 xīn bù liè diān dǎo New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
更新版 gēng xīn bǎn new edition / new version / update
纽几内亚 紐幾內亞 niǔ jī nèi yà New Guinea / Papua-New Guinea
纽约客 紐約客 niǔ yuē kè The New Yorker, US magazine / resident of New York
农历新年 農曆新年 nóng lì xīn nián Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year
送旧迎新 送舊迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year
跨年 kuà nián to step into the new year / New Year
新谢克尔 xīn xiè kè ěr New Israeli Shekel / New Shekel
妇女为妇女争取人权协会－新道路 Women for Women's Human Rights: New Ways / WWHR – New Ways
利比里亚新民主替代运动 利比里亞新民主替代運動 New Democratic Alternative for Liberia Movement / New Deal Movement
新政运动 新政運動 New Democratic Alternative for Liberia Movement / New Deal Movement
古今韵会举要 古今韻會舉要 gǔ jīn yùn huì jǔ yào "Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
雄安 xióng ān Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
雄安新区 雄安新區 xióng ān xīn qū Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
开疆拓土 開疆拓土 kāi jiāng tuò tǔ (idiom) to expand one's territory / to conquer new lands / (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
上新 shàng xīn to introduce new items / to roll out new offerings or content
现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
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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