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"influential clan (old)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
集群 jí qún clan / to clan together / to flock together
宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn
族权 族權 zú quán clan authority / clan power
大族 dà zú large and influential family / clan syn
势族 勢族 shì zú influential family / powerful clan
阿Ｑ ā Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2] / Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4zhuan4] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1])
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
家族 jiā zú family / clan syn
一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn
族人 zú rén clansman / clan members / relatives / ethnic minority
族长 族長 zú zhǎng clan elder
部族 bù zú tribe / clan syn
宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
氏族 shì zú clan
宗族 zōng zú clan / clansman
本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn
辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn
神农氏 神農氏 shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]
亲族 親族 qīn zú relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc syn
族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race
族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn
室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn
宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn
堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn
氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn
吊瓶族 diào píng zú "infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc
奔奔族 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)
德川 dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850
联宗 聯宗 lián zōng combined branches of a clan
宗正 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
郡望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].)
钮祜禄 鈕祜祿 niǔ hù lù Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan)
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall syn
宗法 zōng fǎ patriarchal clan system
辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem syn
大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn
大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn
有影响 有影響 yǒu yǐng xiǎng influential
站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website syn
重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential
大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn
举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn
风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials / bigwigs syn
米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn
宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
梁启超 梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn
凯恩斯 凱恩斯 kǎi ēn sī Keynes (name) / John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), influential British economist / Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia
近水楼台先得月 近水樓臺先得月 jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person syn
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
豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn
严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
王阳明 王陽明 wáng yáng míng Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
显达 顯達 xiǎn dá illustrious / influential / prestigious syn
朴正熙 piáo zhèng xī Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
八会穴 八會穴 bā huì xué the eight influential points (acupuncture)
徐悲鸿 徐悲鴻 xú bēi hóng Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
伊藤·博文 YitengBowen ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
倪柝声 倪柝聲 ní tuò shēng Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
势要 勢要 shì yào influential figure / powerful person
林纾 林紓 lín shū Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
河殇 河殤 hé shāng River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s
积厚流广 積厚流廣 jī hòu liú guǎng deep rooted and influential
闻达 聞達 wén dá illustrious and influential / well-known
鉴真和尚 鑒真和尚 jiàn zhēn hé shang Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
阿Ｑ正传 阿Ｑ正傳 ā Q zhèng zhuàn The true story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
霍尔布鲁克 霍爾布魯克 huò ěr bù lǔ kè Holbrook (name) / Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009
大V dà V influential microblogger with a verified account (hence the "V")
走门路 走門路 zǒu mén lù to use social connections / to toady to influential people
抱大腿 bào dà tuǐ (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
桩脚 樁腳 zhuāng jiǎo pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
绑桩 綁樁 bǎng zhuāng (Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)
大树底下好乘凉 大樹底下好乘涼 dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
大咖 dà kā influential person / major player / big shot
功高盖主 功高蓋主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
大般涅槃经 大般涅槃經 dà bān niè pán jīng (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism
坐大 zuò dà (derog.) to become powerful or influential
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband 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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