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"past dynasties" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
往 wàng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous syn
曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
高手 gāo shǒu expert / past master / dab hand syn
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past / to pass by
以往 yǐ wǎng in the past / formerly syn
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn
往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn
早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn
飞过 飛過 fēi guò to fly over / to fly past
遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn
一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng just as in the past (idiom) / as before / continuing as always syn
飞越 飛越 fēi yuè to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn
事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn
过往 過往 guò wǎng to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous syn
重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake syn
往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn
土司 tǔ sī sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn
缅怀 緬懷 miǎn huái to commemorate / to recall fondly / to think of the past syn
回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past 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
身世 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history syn
照旧 照舊 zhào jiù as before / as in the past syn
入围 入圍 rù wéi to get past the qualifying round / to make it to the finals
往昔 wǎng xī the past syn
牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn
掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
擦肩而过 擦肩而過 cā jiān ér guò to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death) syn
留存 liú cún to keep / to preserve / extant / to remain (from the past) syn
早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn
覆辙 覆轍 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past syn
追忆 追憶 zhuī yì to recollect / to recall (past times) / to look back syn
上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn
近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn
近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years syn
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
匈奴 xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
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
过去时 過去時 guò qù shí past tense (grammar)
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
素来 素來 sù lái consistently / always (in the past and now) syn
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
中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
触景生情 觸景生情 chù jǐng shēng qíng scene which recalls past memories (idiom) / evocative of the past / reminiscent / to arouse deep feelings syn
痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character syn
追述 zhuī shù recollections / to relate (past events) syn
前尘 前塵 qián chén the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) syn
贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn
事过境迁 事過境遷 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge. syn
丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn
他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
悔不当初 悔不當初 huǐ bù dāng chū to regret one's past deeds (idiom) syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic
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
北朝 běi cháo Northern Dynasties (386-581)
忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom) syn
南北朝 nán běi cháo Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
已往 yǐ wǎng the past syn
今昔 jīn xī past and present / yesterday and today syn
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
八股文 bā gǔ wén eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties syn
陈迹 陳跡 chén jì past events / relics from a former age / ruins syn
过去 過去 guò qù (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by syn
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
一直以来 一直以來 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always / for a long time now / until now
往前 wǎng qián (in) the past / ahead / forward / in the future
年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years
在前 zài qián ahead / formerly / in the past
明清 míng qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn
一闪而过 一閃而過 yī shǎn ér guò to flash past / to flit by
秦汉 秦漢 qín hàn the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
唐宋 táng sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
隋唐 suí táng Sui (581-617) and Tang dynasties (618-907)
几天来 幾天來 jǐ tiān lái for the past few days
劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
魏晋 魏晉 wèi jìn Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn
北魏 běi wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
南朝 nán cháo Southern Dynasties (420-589)
来日 來日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days syn
建康 jiàn kāng old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties
六朝 liù cháo Six Dynasties (220-589)
刘裕 劉裕 liú yù Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]
拓拔 tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋
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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