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"cultural bridge" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
文化桥梁 文化橋梁 wén huà qiáo liáng cultural bridge
Chinese Pinyin Translation
桥梁 橋梁 qiáo liáng bridge (lit. and fig.) syn
天桥 天橋 tiān qiáo overhead walkway / pedestrian bridge syn
吊桥 吊橋 diào qiáo drawbridge / suspension bridge syn
桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game)
鼻梁 bí liáng bridge of the nose
桥头 橋頭 qiáo tóu either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
桥墩 橋墩 qiáo dūn bridge pier
通车 通車 tōng chē to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
高架桥 高架橋 gāo jià qiáo high trestle bridge / viaduct / flyover
事过境迁 事過境遷 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge. syn
鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting
桥面 橋面 qiáo miàn roadway / floor / deck / bridge floor
浮桥 浮橋 fú qiáo pontoon bridge
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
拱桥 拱橋 gǒng qiáo arch bridge
架桥 架橋 jià qiáo to bridge / to put up a bridge
桥头堡 橋頭堡 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) syn
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
引桥 引橋 yǐn qiáo bridge approach
源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn
断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
卢沟桥 盧溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
桥接 橋接 qiáo jiē to join by or as if by a bridge / to bridge
廊桥 廊橋 láng qiáo covered bridge / (aviation) passenger boarding bridge / jet bridge
网桥 網橋 wǎng qiáo (network) bridge
跨海大桥 跨海大橋 kuà hǎi dà qiáo bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water)
舰桥 艦橋 jiàn qiáo bridge (of a naval ship)
垮塌 kuǎ tā to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
过河拆桥 過河拆橋 guò hé chāi qiáo lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) / fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal syn
悬索桥 懸索橋 xuán suǒ qiáo suspension bridge syn
七七事变 七七事變 qī qī shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
合龙 合龍 hé lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction syn
过街天桥 過街天橋 guò jiē tiān qiáo skywalk / pedestrian bridge syn
叫牌 jiào pái to bid (bridge and similar card games)
赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
泸定桥 瀘定橋 lú dìng qiáo Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河[Da4 du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county Sichuan Luding county 瀘定縣|泸定县[Lu2 ding4 xian4] with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州|甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
桥 橋 qiáo bridge / CL:座[zuo4] syn
桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
芦沟桥 蘆溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
桥接器 橋接器 qiáo jiē qì bridge (networking)
便桥 便橋 biàn qiáo temporary bridge
圯 yí bridge, bank syn
堍 tù side of bridge
节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
价值 價值 jià zhí value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
文化 wén huà culture / civilization / cultural / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn
文物 wén wù cultural relic / historical relic / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
多重 duō chóng multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc) syn
插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn
同化 tóng huà assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)
保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation 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
四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn
文娱 文娛 wén yú cultural recreation / entertainment
牛棚 niú péng cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
文化大革命 wén huà dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
文风 文風 wén fēng writing style / (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity
红卫兵 紅衛兵 hóng wèi bīng Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
知青 zhī qīng educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2] syn
采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn
独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn
邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
文革 wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
文化遗产 文化遺產 wén huà yí chǎn cultural heritage
大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
文化交流 wén huà jiāo liú cultural exchange
典藏 diǎn cáng repository of items of cultural significance / collection
林彪 lín biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
人文景观 人文景觀 rén wén jǐng guān place of cultural interest
刘少奇 劉少奇 liú shào qí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
教科文组织 教科文組織 jiào kē wén zǔ zhī UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
联合国教科文组织 聯合國教科文組織 lián hé guó jiào kē wén zǔ zhī UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
文化宫 文化宮 wén huà gōng cultural palace syn
世界文化遗产 世界文化遺產 shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
贺龙 賀龍 hè lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
国家文物局 國家文物局 guó jiā wén wù jú PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH)
凤凰古城 鳳凰古城 fèng huáng gǔ chéng Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
文化圈 wén huà juàn sphere of cultural influence
文化圈 wén huà quān sphere of cultural influence
康生 kāng shēng Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
华国锋 華國鋒 huá guó fēng Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese Communist Party after the Cultural Revolution
走资派 走資派 zǒu zī pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
路桥 路橋 lù qiáo road bridge
文化史 wén huà shǐ cultural history
吴晗 吳晗 wú hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution
黑五类 黑五類 hēi wǔ lèi the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
郭小川 guō xiǎo chuān Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution
礄 qiáo bridge
来日方长 來日方長 lái rì fāng cháng the future is long (idiom) / there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
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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