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被
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bèi |
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip") |
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乙
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yǐ |
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° |
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儒家
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Rú jiā |
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC) |
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甲
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jiǎ |
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
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内卷
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nèi juǎn |
(embryology) to involute; involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) |
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花木兰
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Huā Mù lán |
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature |
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陶渊明
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Táo Yuān míng |
Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet |
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老子
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Lǎo zǐ |
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德经 by Laozi |
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佛系
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fó xì |
(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society) |
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C位
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C wèi |
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core") |
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C盘
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C pán |
C drive or default startup drive (computing) |
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夏
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Xià |
the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432) / surname Xia |
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吃瓜群众
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chī guā qún zhòng |
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016) |
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孙子
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Sūn zǐ |
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
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商
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Shāng |
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC) / surname Shang |
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三级
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sān jí |
grade 3 / third class / category C |
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打扰了
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dǎ rǎo le |
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable |
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华佗
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Huà Tuó |
Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty |
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静默
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jìng mò |
silent; still; quiet / to mourn in silence; to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic |
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大白
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dà bái |
to be revealed / to come out (of the truth) / chalk (for whitening walls) / (old) wine cup / (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白) |