"plains" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
漫山遍野	màn shān biàn yě	lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom) / fig. as far as the eye can see / covering everything / omnipresent	syn
群雄逐鹿	qún xióng zhú lù	great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom) / fig. many vie for supremacy	syn
平埔族	píng pǔ zú	Pingpu or Pepo aborigines (Taiwan), "plains tribes"
耶律楚材	yē lǜ chǔ cái	Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
德赖平原德賴平原	dé lài píng yuán	Terai plains / the Terai
用夏变夷用夏變夷	yòng xià biàn yí	(idiom) To influence peoples outside the Central Plains through the culture of the ancient Chinese states.
原隰衍沃	yuán xí yǎn wò	(idiom) Broad plains and low, damp areas that are fertile.
祖逖之誓	zǔ tì zhī shì	(idiom) The solemn vow made by the patriot Zu Ti of the Jin dynasty to recover the Central Plains.
祝发文身	zhù fā wén shēn	(idiom) To cut the hair short and tattoo the body. It refers to the customs and dress of peoples outside the Central Plains in ancient China.
神州赤县神州赤縣	shén zhōu chì xiàn	(idiom) This expression became another name for China, especially for central China or the Central Plains.
笼山络野	lóng shān luò yě	(idiom) To cover and encircle mountains and plains.

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