"Third Culture Kid" Chinese-English Dictionary

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附庸风雅 附庸風雅 fù yōng fēng yǎ (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture
丙等 bǐng děng third rank / third category / third grade / grade C
龙山文化 龍山文化 lóng shān wén huà Longshan culture / black pottery culture
大众文化 大眾文化 dà zhòng wén huà mass culture / popular culture
物质文明和精神文明 物質文明和精神文明 wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
大汶口文化 dà wèn kǒu wén huà Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]
暴力文化与和平文化会议 暴力文化與和平文化會議 Conference on the Culture of Violence and Peace Culture
第三次 dì sān cì third / third time
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
三线运输 三線運輸 sān xiàn yùn shū third-line transportation / third-line transport
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child / kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
小屁孩 xiǎo pì hái kid / youngster / (derog.) brat
小屁孩日记 小屁孩日記 xiǎo pì hái rì jì Diary of a Wimpy Kid
羔皮 gāo pí lambskin / kid leather
胖墩儿 胖墩兒 pàng dūn r (coll.) short, fat person (esp. a kid) / a roly-poly
钥匙儿童 鑰匙兒童 latch-key child / latch-key kid
打哄 dǎ hǒng to fool around / to kid around
小人精 xiǎo rén jīng exceptionally bright kid / child prodigy
毛孩子 máo hái zi child / kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat) syn
小萝卜头 小蘿蔔頭 xiǎo luó bo tou (coll.) little kid
萌娃 méng wá cute little kid
小登 xiǎo dēng (slang) youngster / kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登[lao3 deng1], established since c. 2022)
文化 wén huà culture / civilization / cultural / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
培养 培養 péi yǎng to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology) syn
文明 wén míng civilized / civilization / culture / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn
人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture
企业文化 企業文化 qǐ yè wén huà corporate culture
同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn
精神文明 jīng shén wén míng spiritual culture
孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc)
文教 wén jiào culture and education
体育运动 體育運動 tǐ yù yùn dòng sports / physical culture
韩流 韓流 hán liú Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)
国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn
民族文化 mín zú wén huà ethnic culture
教养 教養 jiào yǎng to educate / to bring up / to nurture / upbringing / breeding / culture syn
重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn
高丽 高麗 gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
潮汕 cháo shàn Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture
物质文明 物質文明 wù zhì wén míng material culture
西方文化 xī fāng wén huà Western culture
放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn
国粹 國粹 guó cuì national essence / quintessence of national culture syn
培养基 培養基 péi yǎng jī culture medium
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
wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn
半坡 bàn pō Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
良渚 liáng zhǔ Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta
茶经 茶經 chá jīng the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽[Lu4 Yu3] between 760-780
细胞培养 細胞培養 xì bāo péi yǎng cell culture
文墨 wén mò writing / culture syn
黑陶 hēi táo black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
仰韶文化 yǎng sháo wén huà Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery syn
东巴文化 東巴文化 dōng bā wén huà Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic group of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan
北京语言学院 北京語言學院 běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn Beijing Language Institute / former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
仰韶 yǎng sháo Yangshao culture (archaeological period with red and black pottery)
佛兰德 佛蘭德 fó lán dé of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture
北京语言大学 北京語言大學 běi jīng yǔ yán dà xué Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
半坡遗址 半坡遺址 bàn pō yí zhǐ Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
国家体委 國家體委 guó jiā tǐ wěi PRC sports and physical culture commission
培养液 培養液 péi yǎng yè culture fluid (in biological lab.) syn
恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
爱莫大于心死 愛莫大於心死 ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing more sad than a withered heart / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大於心死|哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confuciu
文化城 wén huà chéng city of culture
文化冲击 文化衝擊 wén huà chōng jī culture shock
文部省 wén bù shěng Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry
春柳 chūn liǔ Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
春柳剧场 春柳劇場 chūn liǔ jù chǎng Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
春柳社 chūn liǔ shè Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
曾孝谷 zēng xiào gǔ Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
月桂冠 yuè guì guān laurel crown / victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
李叔同 lǐ shū tóng Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911
东西方文化 東西方文化 dōng xī fāng wén huà Eastern and Western culture
聘问 聘問 pìn wèn international exchange of visits / to visit as envoy / to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture)
良渚文化 liáng zhǔ wén huà Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta
莫斯特 mò sī tè Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)
裙带风 裙帶風 qún dài fēng the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates
通识培训 通識培訓 tōng shí péi xùn general culture
孔子学院 孔子學院 kǒng zǐ xué yuàn Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
组织培养 組織培養 zǔ zhī péi yǎng tissue culture
组织文化 組織文化 zǔ zhī wén huà organizational culture
毒品文化 dú pǐn wén huà drug culture
文化部门 wén huà bù mén Culture Sector
关于妇女对和平文化的贡献的声明 Statement on Women's Contribution to a Culture of Peace
世界培养物收集联合会 World Federation for Culture Collections
国际和平文化论坛 International Forum on the Culture of Peace
青少年文化娱乐技术协会 Association jeunesse culture loisirs technique
文化促进非洲发展 Culture for African Development
平滑培养 smooth culture
国际文化与民主论坛 International Forum on Culture and Democracy
成果文化 chéng guǒ wén huà culture of results
环境、宗教和文化问题国际讨论会 環境、宗教和文化問題國際討論會 International Seminar on Environment, Religion and Culture
和平文化教师协会 Culture of Peace Teachers Association
青年促进教育、和平与文化协会 青年促進教育、和平與文化協會 Association of Young People for Promotion of Education, Peace and Culture
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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