嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine syn 亚洲国家 亞洲國家 yà zhōu guó jiā Asian country / Asian nation 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 白先勇 bái xiān yǒng Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent 裔 yì (bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 亚运会 亞運會 yà yùn huì Asian Games 早操 zǎo cāo morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) 黄沙 黃沙 huáng shā Asian 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 东洋 東洋 dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries syn 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 亚洲杯 亞洲盃 yà zhōu bēi Asian Cup 亚足联 亞足聯 yà zú lián Asian Football Confederation (abbr. for 亞洲足球聯合會|亚洲足球联合会[Ya4zhou1 Zu2qiu2 Lian2he2hui4]) 黄鳝 黃鱔 huáng shàn Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条[tiao2]) syn 亚运 亞運 yà yùn Asian Games 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) 西戎 xī róng the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards / Xionites (Central Asian nomads) 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 日裔 rì yì of Japanese descent 普氏 pǔ shì Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870 金毛狗 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM) 黄祸 黃禍 huáng huò yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations) 种系 種系 zhǒng xì evolutionary line / line of descent 非裔 fēi yì of African descent 非洲裔国际年 fēi zhōu yì guó jì nián International Year for People of African Descent 联合国非洲裔十年 lián hé guó fēi zhōu yì shí nián United Nations Decade for People of African Descent 非洲裔问题专家工作组 非洲裔問題專家工作組 Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent 侨生 僑生 qiáo shēng student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生|华侨学生[Hua2 qiao2 xue2 sheng5]) 亚太国家 亞太國家 yà tài guó jiā Asian-Pacific country / Asian-Pacific nation 香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance 亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery 国际和平年亚太和西亚区域讨论会 國際和平年亞太和西亞區域討論會 Asian and Pacific and Western Asian Regional Seminar for the International Year of Peace 亚洲公路网政府间协定 亞洲公路網政府間協定 Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network / Asian Highway Agreement 亚洲公路协定 亞洲公路協定 yà zhōu gōng lù xié dìng Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network / Asian Highway Agreement 东南亚国家联盟 東南亞國家聯盟 dōng nán yà guó jiā lián méng ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 金猫 金貓 jīn māo Asian 南亚区域合作联盟 南亞區域合作聯盟 nán yà qū yù hé zuò lián méng South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 亚太经济合作组织 亞太經濟合作組織 yà tài jīng jì hé zuò zǔ zhī Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization / APEC 亚洲冬季运动会 亞洲冬季運動會 yà zhōu dōng jì yùn dòng huì Asian 亚洲虎蚊 亞洲虎蚊 yà zhōu hǔ wén Asian 亚洲开发银行 亞洲開發銀行 yà zhōu kāi fā yín háng Asian Development Bank 亚洲一哩挑战赛 亞洲一哩挑戰賽 yà zhōu yī lī tiǎo zhàn sài Asian 亚洲足球联合会 亞洲足球聯合會 yà zhōu zú qiú lián hé huì Asian Football Confederation 三足乌 三足烏 sān zú wū three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o 三足金乌 三足金烏 sān zú jīn wū three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o 中亚草原 中亞草原 zhōng yà cǎo yuán Central Asian grasslands 亚太区 亞太區 yà tài qū Asian area / the Far East / Asia Pacific region 挟持雇主 挾持雇主 xié chí gù zhǔ gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest) 斯文·海定 SiwenHaiding Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰 / also written 斯文·赫定 普尔热瓦尔斯基 普爾熱瓦爾斯基 pǔ ěr rè wǎ ěr sī jī Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870 / abbr. to 普氏 东亚运动会 東亞運動會 dōng yà yùn dòng huì East Asian Games 东南亚联盟 東南亞聯盟 dōng nán yà lián méng ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) / same as 東南亞國家聯盟|东南亚国家联盟[Dong1 nan2 ya4 Guo2 jia1 Lian2 meng2] 乐羊羊 樂羊羊 lè yáng yáng Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会 觱栗 觱慄 bì lì ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna) 觱篥 bì lì ancient bamboo reed instrument / Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna) 重眼皮 chóng yǎn pí double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 重眼皮儿 重眼皮兒 chóng yǎn pí r double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 锡尔河 錫爾河 xī ěr hé Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea 龟兹 龜茲 qiū cí ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang 亚洲运动会 亞洲運動會 yà zhōu yùn dòng huì Asian Games 中亚合作组织 中亞合作組織 Organization of Central Asian Cooperation 噪鹃 噪鵑 zào juān (bird species of China) Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) 尖吻鲈 尖吻鱸 jiān wěn lú barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) 李娜 lǐ nà Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles) 猫屎咖啡 貓屎咖啡 māo shǐ kā fēi "kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces 绿喉蜂虎 綠睺蜂虎 lǜ hóu fēng hǔ (bird species of China) Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) 东亚共同体 dōng yà gòng tòng tǐ East Asian Community 亚洲发展中心 Asian Development Centre 亚洲发展文化论坛 Asian Cultural Forum on Development 南亚卫生会议 South Asian Conference on Sanitation 东南亚和太平洋地区证卷公司 South-East Asian and Pacific Area Securities 亚洲区域新闻记者巴勒斯坦问题谈话会 Asian Regional Journalists' Encounter on the Question of Palestine 亚洲编辑圆桌会议 Asian Editor's Roundtable 东南亚国家联盟青年和童子军营 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Youth and Scout Camp 亚洲医学大会 Asian Congress of Medicine 亚非拉人民团结组织 yà fēi lā rén mín tuán jié zǔ zhī Afro-Asian-Latin American Peoples' Solidarity Organization 建立欧亚运输通道联合项目 jiàn lì ōu yà yùn shū tòng dào lián hé xiàng mù Joint Project on Developing EURO-ASIAN Transport Linkages 亚洲遥感协会 Asian Association on Remote Sensing 西亚行动计划区域专家小组会议 Regional Expert Group Meeting on Western Asian Plan of Action 亚非次区域组织会议 Asian-African Subregional Organizations Conference 亚洲住房权利联盟 yà zhōu zhù fáng quán lì lián méng Asian Coalition for Housing Rights 亚洲及太平洋会计师联合会 Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants 亚太国际人权问题的司法行政官员讲习班 Asian-Pacific Workshop for Administrators of Justice on international human rights issues 东南亚渔业发展中心 Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center 南亚妇女研究协会 South Asian Association for Women Studies 亚洲人口和社区发展中心 Asian Centre for Population and Community Development 亚洲巴勒斯坦问题会议 Asian Conference on the Question of Palestine 亚太非政府组织妇女参与发展专题讨论会 Asian and Pacific Symposium of Non-Governmental Organizations on Women in Development 亚洲妇女会议网络 Asian Women's Conference Network 亚太康复会议 Asian and Pacific Convention on Rehabilitation 东南亚国家联盟小儿科联合会 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Paediatric Federation 亚洲区域遥感训练中心 Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre 中亚共和国和哈萨克斯坦地区办事处 Central Asian Republics and Kazakhstan Area Office 亚洲国家集团 yà zhōu guó jiā jí tuán Group of Asian States 全国亚太裔美国妇女论坛 quán guó yà tài yì měi guó fù rǔ lùn tán National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum 亚洲及太平洋区域农业信贷协会 Asian and Pacific Regional Agricultural Credit Association 