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"historical biography" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
列传 列傳 liè zhuàn historical biography
史传 史傳 shǐ zhuàn historical biography
Chinese Pinyin Translation
传 傳 zhuàn biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station syn
代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
文物 wén wù cultural relic / historical relic / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
再现 再現 zài xiàn to recreate / to reconstruct (a historical relic) syn
传记 傳記 zhuàn jì biography / CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4] syn
遗迹 遺跡 yí jì trace / vestige / historical remains / remnant
外传 外傳 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
古迹 古跡 gǔ jì places of historic interest / historical sites / CL:個|个[ge4]
普鲁士 普魯士 pǔ lǔ shì Prussia (historical German state)
诗篇 詩篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms syn
正传 正傳 zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel / true biography
翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict
成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
考证 考證 kǎo zhèng to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4]) syn
青史 qīng shǐ annal / historical record / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn
名胜 名勝 míng shèng a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL:處|处[chu4] syn
史实 史實 shǐ shí historical fact 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
思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
史料 shǐ liào historical material or data
名胜古迹 名勝古跡 míng shèng gǔ jì historical sites and scenic spots syn
历史剧 歷史劇 lì shǐ jù historical drama
演义 演義 yǎn yì to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
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
英吉利 yīng jí lì England (historical loan, from English)
小传 小傳 xiǎo zhuàn sketch biography / profile
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
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
历史时期 歷史時期 lì shǐ shí qī historical period
历史人物 歷史人物 lì shǐ rén wù historical person
历史事件 歷史事件 lì shǐ shì jiàn historical incident
历史背景 歷史背景 lì shǐ bèi jǐng historical background
吴国 吳國 wú guó Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
历史博物馆 歷史博物館 lì shǐ bó wù guǎn historical museum
历史唯物主义 歷史唯物主義 lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì historical materialism (Marx's theory of history) syn
史籍 shǐ jí historical records syn
掌故 zhǎng gù anecdote / tales (esp. about a historical figure) syn
盛京 shèng jīng historical name of Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical / in history
桃花扇 táo huā shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]
别传 別傳 bié zhuàn supplementary biography
叶 葉 yè leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats syn
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
汉阳 漢陽 hàn yáng Hanyang county in Hubei province / historical name Hanyang for Seoul, Korea
波西米亚 波西米亞 bō xī mǐ yà Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe / bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional)
立传 立傳 lì zhuàn to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
树碑立传 樹碑立傳 shù bēi lì zhuàn lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of syn
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
评话 評話 píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary syn
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) syn
纪传体 紀傳體 jì zhuàn tǐ history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
平话 平話 píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
姚雪垠 yáo xuě yín Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成
老城区 老城區 lǎo chéng qū old city district / historical center
阿比西尼亚 阿比西尼亞 ā bǐ xī ní yà Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
波美拉尼亚 波美拉尼亞 bō měi lā ní yà Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea
拟音 擬音 nǐ yīn to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
祦 禑 wú happy / used in historical names
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
轶事遗闻 軼事遺聞 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
传赞 傳贊 zhuàn zàn postscript to a biography
圣经外传 聖經外傳 shèng jīng wài zhuàn Apocrypha / biography external to the classics
圣经贤传 聖經賢傳 shèng jīng xián zhuàn lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom) / refers to Confucian canonical texts
记传 記傳 jì zhuàn history and biography
说岳全传 說岳全傳 shuō yuè quán zhuàn "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
内传 內傳 nèi zhuàn biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic
文献学 文獻學 wén xiàn xué Philology / Historical Linguistics
大长今 大長今 dà cháng jīn Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
释迦牟尼佛 釋迦牟尼佛 shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
司马辽太郎 司馬遼太郎 sī mǎ liáo tài láng SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
索国 索國 suǒ guó Somalia / Somaliland / (Tw) Solomon Islands / Suoguo, a state recorded in the Chinese historical texts, said to have been established by the ancestors of the Göktürks
越国 越國 yuè guó Yue state / generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
九寨沟风景名胜区 九寨溝風景名勝區 jiǔ zhài gōu fēng jǐng míng shèng qū Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
亚罗号 亞羅號 yà luó hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)
册府元龟 冊府元龜 cè fǔ yuán guī Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
判读 判讀 pàn dú to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
古蹟 gǔ jì variant of 古跡|古迹, place of historic interest / historical site
史传小说 史傳小說 shǐ zhuàn xiǎo shuō historical novel
史观 史觀 shǐ guān historical point of view / historically speaking
吴越 吳越 wú yuè states of south China in different historical periods / proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
哀家 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
乔答摩 喬答摩 qiáo dā mó Gautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
国务长官 國務長官 guó wù zhǎng guān secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
基址 jī zhǐ foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
大西洋国 大西洋國 dà xī yáng guó Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty
季世 jì shì final phase / end of a historical era
廷巴克图 廷巴克圖 tíng bā kè tú Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
成语典故 成語典故 chéng yǔ diǎn gù historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
故迹 故跡 gù jì historical ruins
东突厥斯坦 東突厥斯坦 dōng tū jué sī tǎn East Turkestan / historical term for Xinjiang
历史沿革 歷史沿革 lì shǐ yán gé historical development / background
历史版本 歷史版本 lì shǐ bǎn běn historical version / a previous version (of an app, document etc)
历史观点 歷史觀點 lì shǐ guān diǎn historical standpoint
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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