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"Western learning" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
西学 西學 xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动
洋学 洋學 yáng xué Western learning
Chinese Pinyin Translation
学员 學員 xué yuán student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet syn
学术 學術 xué shù learning / science / academic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
学问 學問 xué wèn learning / knowledge / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
学科 學科 xué kē subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline syn
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty syn
会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn
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
西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity syn
复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn
讲学 講學 jiǎng xué to lecture (on branch of learning) syn
才学 才學 cái xué talent and learning / scholarship
书院 書院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) syn
真才实学 真才實學 zhēn cái shí xué solid learning / real ability and learning / genuine talent
汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
太学 太學 tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
建模 jiàn mó to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc)
中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
学习型组织 學習型組織 xué xí xíng zǔ zhī learning organization
学海 學海 xué hǎi sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship syn
智障 zhì zhàng learning difficulties (handicap) / retarded
师表 師表 shī biǎo paragon of virtue and learning / exemplary character syn
品学 品學 pǐn xué conduct and learning (of an individual) / moral nature and skill
不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn
洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn
四书 四書 sì shū Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 syn
国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
刘毅 劉毅 liú yì Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,... syn
劝学 勸學 quàn xué On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
哑 啞 yā (onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of 呀[ya1] syn
食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn
诣 詣 yì to go (to visit a superior) / one's current attainment in learning or art
洋务派 洋務派 yáng wù pài the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
满堂灌 滿堂灌 mǎn táng guàn cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning
博闻强记 博聞強記 bó wén qiáng jì have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge syn
将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn
马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn
西装 西裝 xī zhuāng suit / Western-style clothes / CL:套[tao4] syn
西部 xī bù western part syn
咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn
西方 xī fāng the West / the Occident / Western countries syn
歌剧 歌劇 gē jù Western opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
西边 西邊 xī biān west / west side / western part / to the west of syn
洋娃娃 yáng wá wa doll (of Western appearance)
海地 hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn
长笛 長笛 cháng dí (Western) concert flute
西点 西點 xī diǎn Western-style pastry
西欧 西歐 xī ōu Western Europe
西部片 xī bù piàn Western (film)
归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn
洋装 洋裝 yáng zhuāng Western-style dress syn
净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn
绿林 綠林 lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] syn
西半球 xī bàn qiú Western Hemisphere
西式 xī shì Western style
西餐 xī cān Western-style food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] syn
帕斯 pà sī Perth, capital of Western Australia
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
西域 xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
西汉 西漢 xī hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
西药 西藥 xī yào Western medicine
新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
西周 xī zhōu Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn
华山 華山 huà shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
中西 zhōng xī China and the West / Chinese-Western
元月 yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars) syn
西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
阳历 陽曆 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar syn
洋货 洋貨 yáng huò Western goods / imported goods (in former times) syn
西端 xī duān western extremity
协约国 協約國 xié yuē guó Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
西方国家 西方國家 xī fāng guó jiā Western countries
中西医结合 中西醫結合 zhōng xī yī jié hé to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
西夏 xī xià Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
西郊 xī jiāo western suburbs
齐国 齊國 qí guó Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
西方文化 xī fāng wén huà Western culture
弥陀 彌陀 mí tuó Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise / abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 / Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
革履 gé lǚ leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress syn
川西 chuān xī Western Sichuan
张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre)
西晋 西晉 xī jìn Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
铜鼓 銅鼓 tóng gǔ bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
十二宫 十二宮 shí èr gōng the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
两汉 兩漢 liǎng hàn Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
西太平洋 xī tài píng yáng the western Pacific Ocean
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
周朝 zhōu cháo Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC)
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
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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