Jìng guó
to pacify the country
often refers to Yasukuni shrine 靖國神社|靖国神社, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals
Yasukuni, controversial documentary film by Li Ying 李纓|李缨
Zhèng Tǒng
Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhū Qí zhèn] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, Temple name Yingzong 英宗[Yīng zōng]
zhào ying
to look after
to take care of
to attend to
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, President of Republic of China 2008-2016
dā ying
to promise
to agree
to reply
to respond
Níng xià Huí zú zì zhì qū
Ningxia Hui autonomous region (Ningsia) east of Gansu, abbr. 宁, capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yíng chuān]
Yǐng
Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县
Yīng Cǎi ér
Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983-), actress
Wáng Yīng
Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")
Jīng Kē
Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
luó jiā yīng
Law Kar-Ying (1947-), Hong Kong actor
Huò Yīng dōng
Henry Ying-tung Fok (1913-2006), Hong Kong tycoon with close PRC connections
Yīng xiàn
Ying county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi
Yíng Zhèng
Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
Lǚ Bù wéi
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qín Gúo], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín Dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zhen 嬴政[Yíng Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng]
kǔ cài huā
Bitter cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Féng Dé yīng] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang
Xiàng Yīng
Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍, killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变
yíng yíng
a glimmer
twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight)
flickering light
Tài zǐ Dān
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC
Shěn yíng
Shen ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard geographic gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志
Lào Ǎi
Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis
in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
Yān Tài zǐ Dān
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC
Yuán Yīng
Yuan Ying (1878-1953), Buddhist monk
bìng dú bìng yíng xiāo
viral marketing
see also 病毒營銷|病毒营销[bìng dú yíng xiāo]
Lǐ Yīng
Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
Yǐng shū Yān shuō
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
to pile up errors
refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
Yàn Píng zhòng
another name for Yan Ying 晏嬰|晏婴 or Yanzi 晏子 (-500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国
Lín hǎi shuǐ tǔ zhì
Seaboard geographic gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹
Liú Hòu zǒng
Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变
Lǜ qí bīng
same as 綠營|绿营[lǜ yíng], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
yīng zhuǎ fān zi quán
Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art
Liáng Zhèn yīng
Leung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
yīng zhuǎ fān zi quán
Ying Zhua Fan Zi Quan - "Eagle Claw" - Martial Art
Luó Jiā yīng
Law Kar-Ying (1946-), Hong Kong actor
Lǚ Bù wéi
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
fig. no smoke without a fire
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