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"modern history" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
现代史 現代史 xiàn dài shǐ modern history
Chinese Pinyin Translation
现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays syn
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn
现代舞 現代舞 xiàn dài wǔ modern dance
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
科林斯 kē lín sī Corinth, a city-state of ancient Greece / Corinth, a modern city in Greece / (name) Collins
神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person syn
现今 現今 xiàn jīn now / nowadays / modern syn
新潮 xīn cháo modern / fashionable
话剧 話劇 huà jù stage play / modern drama / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] syn
摩登 mó dēng modern (loanword) / fashionable syn
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn
现代人 現代人 xiàn dài rén modern man / Homo sapiens
出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent syn
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
楔子 xiē zi wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama syn
乌尔 烏爾 wū ěr Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq)
古今 gǔ jīn then and now / ancient and modern
四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn
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
通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
野史 yě shǐ unofficial history / history as popular legends
近现代史 近現代史 jìn xiàn dài shǐ modern history and contemporary history
平声 平聲 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin
中都 zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
与时俱进 與時俱進 yǔ shí jū jìn abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
与时俱进 與時俱進 yǔ shí jù jìn abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
西夏 xī xià Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
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
今人 jīn rén modern people syn
幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing
益州 yì zhōu name of old state in modern Sichuan
国史 國史 guó shǐ national history / dynastic history
燕国 燕國 yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
笑林 xiào lín Jokes (title of an ancient collection of jokes, often used in the title of modern collections of jokes)
包拯 bāo zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician
殷商 yīn shāng final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
李光耀 lǐ guāng yào Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
盛京 shèng jīng historical name of Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
近人 jìn rén contemporary / modern person / close friend / associate / intimate syn
渔阳 漁陽 yú yáng old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
去声 去聲 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin syn
外文系 外文係 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department)
梁漱溟 liáng shù míng Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
二十五史 èr shí wǔ shǐ twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
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]
霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn
矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] syn
泷 瀧 shuāng Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)
隶 隸 lì (bound form) a person in servitude / low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) syn
吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community
今译 今譯 jīn yì modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
包豪斯 bāo háo sī Bauhaus (German school of modern architecture and design)
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history / CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4] syn
有史以来 有史以來 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history syn
行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn
病历 病歷 bìng lì medical record / case history syn
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
病史 bìng shǐ medical history syn
来历 來歷 lái lì history / antecedents / origin syn
史无前例 史無前例 shǐ wú qián lì (idiom) unprecedented in history syn
悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
载入 載入 zǎi rù to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history)
身世 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history syn
刷新 shuā xīn to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) syn
篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) syn
遗臭万年 遺臭萬年 yí chòu wàn nián to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom) syn
大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
史书 史書 shǐ shū history book syn
列强 列強 liè qiáng the Great Powers (history) syn
族谱 族譜 zú pǔ genealogical record / family history / lineage
历史学 歷史學 lì shǐ xué history
故国 故國 gù guó country with an ancient history
国书 國書 guó shū credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
文学史 文學史 wén xué shǐ history of literature
集权 集權 jí quán centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
简史 簡史 jiǎn shǐ a brief history
左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
义和团 義和團 yì hé tuán the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)
倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things syn
国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn
文史 wén shǐ literature and history
国别 國別 guó bié nationality / country-specific (history, report etc)
六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn
彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious
史上 shǐ shàng in history
个人简历 個人簡歷 gè rén jiǎn lì personal history profile
三国志 三國志 sān guó zhì History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls
中国历史 中國歷史 zhōng guó lì shǐ Chinese history
来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn
评书 評書 píng shū pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction syn
先秦 xiān qín pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
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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