Tang Dynasty (Master) Flashcards

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fēng to grant to seal

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dōng zhēng xī tǎo war on all sides (idiom) fighting from all four quarters

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dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) to conquer (a city etc) to shoot down (a bird etc)

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bù ān unpeaceful unstable uneasy disturbed restless worried

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shēng pà to fear afraid extremely nervous for fear that to avoid so as not to

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wèi position location place seat classifier for people (honorific)

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lián hé to combine to join unite alliance

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pái jǐ to crowd out to push aside to supplant

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fāng side party (to a contract, dispute etc) square

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máo dùn contradiction conflicting views

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bīng soldiers a force an army

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chū zhēng to go into battle to campaign (military)

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chèn to take advantage of

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cǐ this these

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duó to seize to take away forcibly to wrest control of to compete or strive for to force one's way through to leave out to lose

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bīng quán military leadership military power

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shā diào to kill

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bú liào unexpectedly to one's surprise

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xiè lòu to leak (information) to divulge

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qì fèn furious

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mái fú to ambush to lie in wait for

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huáng gōng imperial palace

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xià shǒu to start to put one's hand to to set about

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bǐng gào to report (to one's superior)

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zào fǎn to rebel to revolt

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yě xǔ perhaps maybe

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zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) to control to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)

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mò rèn to agree tacitly default (setting)

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bī pò to force to compel to coerce

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tuì wèi to abdicate

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yōng hù to endorse to support

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jí namely that is at once at present even if

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qíng lǐ reason sense

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qīn one's own (flesh and blood) relative related intimate in person

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guāng cǎi luster splendor radiance brilliance

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guǎng kuò wide vast

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guān chá to observe to watch examine observation

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yīng míng wise brilliant

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jūn zhǔ monarch sovereign

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zhí de to be worth to deserve

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zàn yáng to praise to approve of to show approval

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shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) to go on stage (in the theater)

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bān bù to issue to proclaim to enact (laws, decrees etc)

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jiǎn qīng to lighten to ease to alleviate

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fù dān burden to bear a burden

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zhèng cè policy

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fǎ lìng decree ordinance

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qīn shēn personal oneself

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jīng lì experience

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tòng kǔ pain suffering painful

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shēn zhī to know well to be fully aware of

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shí cháng often frequently

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mín the people nationality citizen

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yě (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation - same as de)

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jūn monarch ruler

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zhōu boat

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zài to carry to convey to load

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fù to overturn to capsize

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dǎ fān to overturn to overthrow to strike down (an enemy)

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qīn mín in touch with the people sensitive to people's needs

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zhī rén shàn yòng know how to judge people and make good use of them

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zài wèi on the throne reigning (monarch)

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qī jiān period of time time

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ān dìng stable quiet

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zhèng zhì politics political

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qīng míng clear and bright sober and calm (of a government or administration) well ordered

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rén mín the people

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ān kāng good health well-being

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chū xiàn to appear to emerge to arise

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kōng qián unprecedented

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fán róng prosperous booming (economy)

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qí that it (refers to sth preceding it) [his, her, its, their, that, such]

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wéi as (in the capacity of) to take sth as to act as to serve as to behave as to become to be to do by (in the passive voice) wèi because of for to

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chēng wéi called to call sth (by a name) to name