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"Peace Palace" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
和平宫 和平宮 Peace Palace
Chinese Pinyin Translation
宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace / CL:座[zuo4] syn
观 觀 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform syn
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace syn
府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn
宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] syn
殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn
内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2]
窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn
王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace syn
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch / palace eunuch syn
总统府 總統府 zǒng tǒng fǔ presidential palace
国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity syn
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn
法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn
进士 進士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate
金碧辉煌 金碧輝煌 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) syn
紫禁城 zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]
水晶宫 水晶宮 shuǐ jīng gōng The Crystal Palace syn
仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn
凡尔赛宫 凡爾賽宮 fán ěr sài gōng the Palace of Versailles, France
少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) syn
南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
故宫 故宮 gù gōng former imperial palace
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail
中南海 zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall
内参 內參 nèi cān restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch syn
龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn
颐和园 頤和園 yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing
布达拉宫 布達拉宮 bù dá lā gōng Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
文化宫 文化宮 wén huà gōng cultural palace syn
故宫博物院 故宮博物院 gù gōng bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
地宫 地宮 dì gōng underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit)
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old)
离宫 離宮 lí gōng detached palace / imperial villa
阿房宫 阿房宮 ē páng gōng Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
阿房宫 阿房宮 ē fáng gōng Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1]
宫阙 宮闕 gōng què palace syn
白金汉宫 白金漢宮 bái jīn hàn gōng Buckingham Palace
衙内 衙內 yá nèi child of an official / palace bodyguard syn
宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn
殿 diàn palace hall syn
廷 tíng palace courtyard syn
魏 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old)
勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined syn
闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn
蟾宫折桂 蟾宮折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination syn
爱丽舍宫 愛麗捨宮 ài lì shě gōng Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
阊 閶 chāng gate of heaven / gate of palace
和平 hé píng peace / peaceful syn
平安 píng ān safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace syn
安息 ān xī to rest / to go to sleep / to rest in peace syn
马歇尔 馬歇爾 mǎ xiē ěr Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate
米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
超度 chāo dù to surpass / to transcend / to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
太平 tài píng peace and security syn
光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight syn
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based / steady / steadfast / to have peace of mind / free from anxiety / Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2] syn
和谈 和談 hé tán peace talks syn
戈尔 戈爾 gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
和约 和約 hé yuē peace treaty syn
橄榄枝 橄欖枝 gǎn lǎn zhī olive branch / symbol of peace
托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
安乐 安樂 ān lè peace and happiness syn
讲和 講和 jiǎng hé to make peace / to reconcile syn
安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) syn
排解 pái jiě to mediate / to reconcile / to make peace / to intervene syn
除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn
求和 qiú hé to sue for peace / to look for a draw (chess) / summation (math.)
息事宁人 息事寧人 xī shì níng rén to keep the peace / to patch up a quarrel (idiom) syn
和平谈判 和平談判 hé píng tán pàn peace negotiations syn
小康 xiǎo kāng moderately affluent / well-off / a period of peace and prosperity syn
康乐 康樂 kāng lè peace and happiness (old) / healthy and happy / recreation syn
金大中 jīn dà zhōng Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000
和会 和會 hé huì peace conference
承平 chéng píng (successive periods of) peace and prosperity / peaceful syn
安泰 ān tài at peace / healthy and secure
桃花源 táo huā yuán the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
长治久安 長治久安 cháng zhì jiǔ ān long-term peace and stability (of governments) syn
和平鸽 和平鴿 hé píng gē dove of peace
世界和平 shì jiè hé píng world peace
维和部队 維和部隊 wéi hé bù duì peace-keeping force
安邦 ān bāng to bring peace and stability to a country, region etc
和平奖 和平獎 hé píng jiǎng a peace prize
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn
天下太平 tiān xià tài píng the whole world at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity syn
歌舞升平 gē wǔ shēng píng lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity syn
埃尔金 埃爾金 āi ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810
媾和 gòu hé to make peace / to copulate syn
冬宫 冬宮 dōng gōng Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum
故址 gù zhǐ old site / site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
大理 dà lǐ judicial officer / justice of the peace (old)
康平 kāng píng peace and prosperity
议和 議和 yì hé to negotiate peace syn
政通人和 zhèng tōng rén hé efficient government, people at peace (idiom) / all is well with the state and the people 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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