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"golden mean (Confucianism)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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中庸 zhōng yōng golden mean (Confucianism) / (literary) (of person) mediocre / ordinary syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
臭氧平均总量 average total ozone / average total amount of ozone / mean total ozone / mean total amount of ozone
金黄 金黃 jīn huáng golden yellow / golden syn
潘金莲 潘金蓮 pān jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
黄金分割 黃金分割 huáng jīn fēn gē golden ratio / golden section
金童玉女 jīn tóng yù nǚ lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
金乌 金烏 jīn wū Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun
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]
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)
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
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)
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]
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]
理学家 理學家 lǐ xué jiā scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学[Li3 xue2]
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]
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)
登场 登場 dēng chǎng to go on stage / fig. to appear on the scene / used in advertising to mean new product syn
残忍 殘忍 cán rěn cruel / mean / merciless / ruthless syn
意味 yì wèi meaning / implication / flavor / overtone / to mean / to imply / (Tw) to get a sense of syn
卑鄙 bēi bǐ base / mean / contemptible / despicable syn
下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn
吝啬 吝嗇 lìn sè stingy / mean / miserly syn
旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore syn
刻薄 kè bó unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions syn
卑劣 bēi liè base / mean / despicable syn
缺德 quē dé mean / nasty / reprehensible / unprincipled syn
意味着 意味著 yì wèi zhe to signify / to mean / to imply syn
平均数 平均數 píng jūn shù mean (statistics)
卑贱 卑賤 bēi jiàn lowly / mean and low syn
意指 yì zhǐ to mean / to imply
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
意谓 意謂 yì wèi to mean / meaning
说一不二 說一不二 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom) / to keep one's word syn
淫贱 淫賤 yín jiàn morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean / wanton
可鄙 kě bǐ base / mean / despicable syn
卑怯 bēi qiè mean and cowardly / abject syn
损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn
鄙 bǐ rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn syn
陋 lòu low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar syn
訑 yí arrogant / mean
仁义道德 仁義道德 rén yì dào dé compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom) / all the traditional virtues / mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
口不应心 口不應心 kǒu bù yìng xīn to say one thing but mean another / to dissimulate
中庸之道 zhōng yōng zhī dào doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things
口说无凭 口說無憑 kǒu shuō wú píng (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement / just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
鄙吝 bǐ lìn vulgar / stingy / miserly / mean syn
格林尼治 gé lín ní zhì Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude) / refers to Greenwich mean time
格林尼治标准时间 格林尼治標準時間 gé lín ní zhì biāo zhǔn shí jiān Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
格林威治标准时间 格林威治標準時間 gé lín wēi zhì biāo zhǔn shí jiān (Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
算术平均数 算術平均數 suàn shù píng jūn shù arithmetic mean
中值定理 zhōng zhí dìng lǐ mean value theorem (in calculus)
均差 jūn chā (numerical analysis) divided differences / (statistics) mean absolute difference
均方 jūn fāng mean square
小手小脚 小手小腳 xiǎo shǒu xiǎo jiǎo mean / stingy / to be lacking in boldness / timid syn
平均值定理 píng jūn zhí dìng lǐ the mean value theorem (in calculus)
挨边 挨邊 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)
算术平均 算術平均 suàn shù píng jūn arithmetic mean (math.)
缺德鬼 quē dé guǐ public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
薄待 bó dài mean treatment / indifference / meager hospitality
说话算数 說話算數 shuō huà suàn shù to keep one's promise / to mean what one says
说话算话 說話算話 shuō huà suàn huà to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says
贫气 貧氣 pín qì mean / stingy / garrulous syn
贫相 貧相 pín xiàng mean / stingy
贪鄙 貪鄙 tān bǐ to be avaricious and mean
近古 jìn gǔ near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
鄙劣 bǐ liè base / mean / despicable
鸡鹜 雞鶩 jī wù petty or mean persons
几何平均数 幾何平均數 jǐ hé píng jūn shù geometric mean
平均海平面 píng jūn hǎi píng miàn mean sea level
平均年龄 平均年齡 píng jūn nián líng mean age
纱支 紗支 shā zhī (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
星历表平日 xīng lì biǎo píng rì ephemeris mean day
平均地面温度 mean surface temperature
偏离平均值 piān lí píng jūn zhí departure from mean value
期望平均弹着点 desired mean point of impact
平均太阳日 píng jūn tài yáng rì mean solar day
均方根 jūn fāng gēn root mean square
均方根速度 jūn fāng gēn sù duó root mean square velocity / rms velocity
平均大潮低潮面 píng jūn dài cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water springs / spring low-water
全球平均气温 quán qiú píng jūn qì wēn global mean temperature
年平均温度 nián píng jūn wēn duó mean annual temperature
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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