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阳历 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar
西部片 Xī bù piàn Western (film)
西方 Xī fāng the West / the Occident / Western countries
西部 xī bù western part
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
华山 Huà Shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
诸侯 zhū hóu feudal vassal / feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 / of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC / subordinate warlord / local official
歌剧 gē jù Western opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
启蒙 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
西边 xī biān west / west side / western part / to the west of
净土 Jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
元月 Yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
西欧 Xī ōu Western Europe
西方国家 xī fāng guó jiā Western countries
中西医 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
西药 xī yào Western medicine
周公 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
桂冠 guì guān laurel / victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
西式 xī shì Western style
西医 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
西汉 Xī Hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
西天 Xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism)
中西医结合 Zhōng Xī yī jié hé to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
海地 Hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
西夏 Xī Xià Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 / occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
洋娃娃 yáng wá wa doll (of Western appearance)
西郊 xī jiāo western suburbs
和服 hé fú kimono / Japanese: traditional national clothing, as opposed to Western clothing 洋服
西文 Xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
齐国 Qí guó Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
新军 Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
西周 Xī Zhōu Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
西方文化 xī fāng wén huà Western culture
绿林 Lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]
弥陀 Mí tuó Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise / abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 / Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
帕斯 Pà sī Perth, capital of Western Australia
革履 gé lu:3 leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress
川西 Chuān xī Western Sichuan
张华 Zhāng Huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
乡村音乐 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre)
西晋 Xī Jìn Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
十二宫 shí èr gōng the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
两汉 liǎng Hàn Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
西太平洋 xī Tài píng Yáng the western Pacific Ocean
新文化运动 Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
西学 Xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动
周朝 Zhōu cháo Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou 西周 / (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 / (770-221 BC)
葱头 cōng tóu onion / Western round onion
不平等条约 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty &ndash / a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
归西 guī xī to die / euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise
阿房宫 E1 fáng Gōng Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1]
阿房宫 E1 páng Gōng Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
洋货 yáng huò Western goods / imported goods (in former times)
西端 xī duān western extremity
潘岳 Pān Yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
刘安 Liú An1 Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5]
中国海 Zhōng guó Hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
刘毅 Liú Yì Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
截拳道 jié quán dào Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
打口 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
洋气 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable
班固 Bān Gù Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
贾谊 Jiǎ Yì Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
严复 Yán Fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
马 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
西历 xī lì Gregorian calendar / Western calendar
荣毅仁 Róng Yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
西魏 Xī Wèi Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
格致 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
西半球 xī bàn qiú Western Hemisphere
西戎 Xī róng the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards / Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
协约国 xié yuē guó Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
陈寿 Chén Shòu Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]
圆白菜 yuán bái cài round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
淮南子 Huái nán zi miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
洋白菜 yáng bái cài cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
破折号 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── / (punct., double the length of the western dash)
巴罗克 bā luó kè baroque (period in Western art history) (loanword)
黄祸 huáng huò yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
周成王 Zhōu Chéng wáng King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
鹗 è (bird species of China) western osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
虢 Guó Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国 / and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国 / surname Guo
阿弥陀佛 E1 mí tuó Fó Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha!
断袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
中西合璧 Zhōng Xī hé bì harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
水晶球 shuǐ jīng qiú crystal ball (in Western magic)
珀斯 Pò sī Perth, capital of Western Australia / also written 帕斯
布列塔尼 Bù liè tǎ ní Brittany or Bretagne, area of western France
希波克拉底 Xī bō kè lā dǐ Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
马斯河 Mǎ sī Hé Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe
长乐 Cháng lè Changle, county-level city in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3 men2]
着重号 zhuó zhòng hào Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)
班伯利 Bān bó lì Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia
朓 tiào scorch / western moon before sunrise
西方马脑炎病毒 xī fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus
都会传奇 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇
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