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"historical development" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
历史沿革 歷史沿革 lì shǐ yán gé historical development / background
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
遗迹 遺跡 yí jì trace / vestige / historical remains / remnant
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
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)
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
列传 列傳 liè zhuàn historical biography
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]
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)
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
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
发展目标 發展目標 development objective / development goal
发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn
开发 開發 kāi fā to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop syn
深度 shēn dù depth / (of a speech etc) profundity / advanced stage of development syn
路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn
发育 發育 fā yù to develop / to mature / growth / development / (sexually) mature syn
动态 動態 dòng tài movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science)
研发 研發 yán fā research and development / to develop
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn
住宅区 住宅區 zhù zhái qū residential area / housing development
里程 lǐ chéng mileage (distance traveled) / course (of development) syn
孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc)
修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn
神速 shén sù lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development syn
辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn
苗头 苗頭 miáo tou first signs / development (of a situation) syn
发扬光大 發揚光大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development syn
襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn
冲力 衝力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development)
前因后果 前因後果 qián yīn hòu guǒ cause and effects (idiom) / entire process of development syn
老城区 老城區 lǎo chéng qū old city district / historical center
开发区 開發區 kāi fā qū development zone
成虫 成蟲 chéng chóng imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
法拉第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear) / depth (into a territory) / span (of time) / (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) syn
新村 xīn cūn new housing development
跨越式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development
发育期 發育期 fā yù qī puberty / period of development
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
经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development
可持续发展 可持續發展 kě chí xù fā zhǎn sustainable development
发改委 發改委 fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
科学发展观 科學發展觀 kē xué fā zhǎn guān Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007
发展战略 development strategy
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
大力发展 大力發展 dà lì fā zhǎn vigorous expansion / rapid development
公测 公測 gōng cè (software development) to do beta testing
产品开发 產品開發 product development
技术发展 技術發展 jì shù fā zhǎn technological development
泰达 泰達 tài dá TEDA (Tianjin Economic Development Area)
发展研究中心 發展研究中心 fā zhǎn yán jiū zhōng xīn Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
开发银行 開發銀行 kāi fā yín háng development bank
职业发展 career development
人力资源开发 人力資源開發 human resources development
沿革 yán gé evolution of sth over time / course of development / history
经合 經合 jīng hé Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) / abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织 syn
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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