东汉
Dōng hàn
Pinyin

Definition

东汉
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Dōng hàn
  1. Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

广东
Guǎng dōng
  1. 1 Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
东
Dōng
  1. 1 surname Dong
东方
Dōng fāng
  1. 1 the East
  2. 2 the Orient
  3. 3 two-character surname Dongfang
东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
武汉
Wǔ hàn
  1. 1 Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
中东
Zhōng dōng
  1. 1 Middle East
丹东
Dān dōng
  1. 1 Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
启东
Qǐ dōng
  1. 1 Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通[Nán tōng], Jiangsu
单身汉
dān shēn hàn
  1. 1 bachelor
  2. 2 unmarried man
大东
Dà dōng
  1. 1 Dadong district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
大汉
dà hàn
  1. 1 big person
  2. 2 the great Han dynasty
好汉
hǎo hàn
  1. 1 hero
  2. 2 strong and courageous person
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
安东尼
Ān dōng ní
  1. 1 Anthony (name)
山东
Shān dōng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
山东省
Shān dōng Shěng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
广东人
Guǎng dōng rén
  1. 1 Cantonese (people)
广东省
Guǎng dōng shěng
  1. 1 Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
广东话
Guǎng dōng huà
  1. 1 Cantonese language
惠东
Huì dōng
  1. 1 Huidong county in Huizhou 惠州[Huì zhōu], Guangdong

Idioms (20)

付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
借东风
jiè dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use sb's help
只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
  1. 1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好汉不提当年勇
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
  1. 1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
好汉做事好汉当
hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng
  1. 1 daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)
  2. 2 a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
  3. 3 the buck stops here
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
  1. 1 to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū
  1. 1 lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the passage of time
东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about
  3. 3 to hopscotch
  4. 4 also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dōng pǎo xī diān]
东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
东张西望
dōng zhāng xī wàng
  1. 1 to look in all directions (idiom)
  2. 2 to glance around
东征西怨
dōng zhēng xī yuàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

Sample Sentences

据说金字塔里还发现了一种草纸，上面有古埃及文字。哎，我一直以为纸是我们东汉的蔡伦发明的，没想到古埃及早就发明了纸。比我们早了近3000年！
jùshuō jīnzìtǎ lǐ hái fāxiàn le yīzhǒng cǎozhǐ ，shàngmian yǒu gǔ Āijí wénzì 。ai ，wǒ yīzhí yǐwéi zhǐ shì wǒmen dōnghàn de Cài lún fāmíng de ，méixiǎngdào gǔ Āijí zǎo jiù fāmíng le zhǐ 。bǐ wǒmen zǎo le jìn sānqiān nián ！
They say a kind of grass paper was discovered in the pyramids. It has Egyptian writing on it. Ah, I always thought paper was discovered by Cai Lun during China's Eastern Han dynasty. I had no idea that ancient Egypt had discovered paper so early. They had it 3000 years before us!
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她们规格可高了。陪葬品有东汉的青铜器，还有波斯和欧洲的珍珠、珊瑚什么的。
tāmen guīgé kě gāo le 。péizàngpǐn yǒu DōngHàn de qīngtóngqì ，hái yǒu Bōsī hé Ōuzhōu de zhēnzhū 、shānhú shénme de 。
Their standards were really high! In the tomb were bronze implements from the Eastern Han era. There were also pearls from Persia and Europe, and coral and whatnot.
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