Qīng
Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)
surname Qing
qǐng
to ask
to invite
please (do sth)
to treat (to a meal etc)
to request
qīng
clear
distinct
quiet
just and honest
pure
to settle or clear up
to clean up or purge
qíng
feeling
emotion
passion
situation
shí · yī
first of October
PRC National day
same as 國慶|国庆[gúo qìng]
qīng
nature's color
green or blue
greenish black
youth
young (of people)
qīng
light
easy
gentle
soft
reckless
unimportant
frivolous
small in number
unstressed
neutral
to disparage
fǔ
seat of government
government repository (archive)
official residence
mansion
presidential palace
(honorific) Your home
prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
qìng
parents-in-law of one's offspring
Qīng mò
the final years of the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty
China at the turn of the 20th century
Jiāng hú
rivers and lakes
around the whole country
cf 两江 and 两湖, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan provinces in Qing times
vagrant
itinerant (esp. entertainer, swindler, quack doctor etc)
Tóng zhì
reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
Dào guāng
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
jūn jī
military aircraft
secret plan
Privy Council during the Qing dynasty
qíng
cyanogen (CN)2
ethane dinitrile
qí
banner
flag
(in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗[ba1 qi2] eight banners
administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county
CL:面[mian4]
Jiā qìng
Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yong2 yan3], reigned 1796-1820
Jiāng nán
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
a province during Qing times
in literature, refers to the sunny south
Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
qǐng
unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares
a short while
a little while ago
circa. (for approximate dates)
sì rén bāng
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
tí dū
the local commander
provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
fǔ chéng
capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
prefectural seat
tǔ sī
sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
qìng
to use up
to exhaust
empty
qǐ méng
to instruct the young
to initiate
to awake sb from ignorance
to free sb from prejudice or superstition
primer
enlightened
the Enlightenment
Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
qǐng ān
to pay respects
to wish good health
in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
Yōng zhēng
Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
tè bié xíng zhèng qū
Special Administrative Region, namely: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门
refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government
refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
Qián Lóng
Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)
qìng
chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
Dìng hǎi
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang
Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
jiāo qing
friendship
friendly relations
Jiāng Qīng
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
Qīng cháo
Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Lǐ Hóng zhāng
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
qīng
high ranking official (old)
term of endearment between spouses (old)
(from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old)
honorific (old)
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
běi yáng
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
Xián fēng
reign name of Qing emperor (1850-1861)
Xianfeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
qìng
to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow
Lǜ yíng
Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
qīng
to overturn
to collapse
to lean
to tend
to incline
to pour out
Qīng Lóng
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dōng fāng Qīng lóng] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dōng fāng Cāng lóng]
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