宋朝
Sòng cháo
Pinyin

Definition

宋朝
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Sòng cháo
  1. Song Dynasty (960-1279)
  2. also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今朝
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
天朝
Tiān cháo
  1. 1 Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
  2. 2 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
宋
Sòng
  1. 1 surname Song
  2. 2 the Song dynasty (960-1279)
  3. 3 also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
朝
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
朝阳
Cháo yáng
  1. 1 Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality
  2. 2 Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
  3. 3 Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
  4. 4 Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning
朝鲜
Cháo xiǎn
  1. 1 North Korea
  2. 2 Korea as geographic term
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]
元朝
Yuán cháo
  1. 1 Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
北宋
Běi Sòng
  1. 1 the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
南宋
Nán sòng
  1. 1 the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
南朝
Nán Cháo
  1. 1 Southern Dynasties (420-589)
唐朝
Táng cháo
  1. 1 Tang dynasty (618-907)
宋代
Sòng dài
  1. 1 Song dynasty (960-1279)
宋庆龄
Sòng Qìng líng
  1. 1 Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893-1981), wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sūn Zhōng shān]
宋朝
Sòng cháo
  1. 1 Song Dynasty (960-1279)
  2. 2 also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
宋楚瑜
Sòng Chǔ yú
  1. 1 James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党
宋江
Sòng Jiāng
  1. 1 Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
宋祖英
Sòng Zǔ yīng
  1. 1 Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
明朝
Míng cháo
  1. 1 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
有朝一日
yǒu zhāo yī rì
  1. 1 one day
  2. 2 sometime in the future
朝代
cháo dài
  1. 1 dynasty
  2. 2 reign (of a king)

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
  1. 1 to seize every minute (idiom)
  2. 2 to make the best use of one's time
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
  1. 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
  1. 1 lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
  2. 2 indecisive
  3. 3 to blow hot and cold
朝不保夕
zhāo bù bǎo xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝不虑夕
zhāo bù lu:4 xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
朝山进香
cháo shān jìn xiāng
  1. 1 to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
朝气蓬勃
zhāo qì péng bó
  1. 1 full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous
  2. 2 energetic
  3. 3 a bright spark
朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
  1. 1 serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi
  1. 1 lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
  2. 2 to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
朝过夕改
zhāo guò xī gǎi
  1. 1 to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 to quickly amend one's ways

Sample Sentences

这不是我最爱的汝窑瓷吗？汝窑瓷的颜色如美玉一般，安静、典雅，家里有几个仿宋朝汝窑瓷的茶杯，我家人都爱不释手呢！
zhè búshi wǒ zuì ài de rǔyáo cí ma ？rǔyáo cí de yánsè rú měiyù yībān ，ānjìng 、diǎnyǎ ，jiālǐ yǒu jǐge fǎng Sòngcháo rǔyáo cí de chábēi ，wǒ jiārén dōu àibùshìshǒu ne ！
Isn't this my favourite, Ru Ware pottery? The colors of Ru Ware pottery are similar to jade, quiet, elegant. I've got a few faux Song Dynasty Ru Ware teacups, and my family really love them!
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你有所不知了吧，这啊，原来是宋朝的一首词，古代也是有曲可吟唱的，只是年代久远丢失了曲谱，现代音乐人又重新谱曲了。
nǐ yǒusuǒbùzhī le ba ，zhè ā ，yuánlái shì Sòngcháo de yī shǒu cí ，gǔdài yě shì yǒu qǔ kě yínchàng de ，zhǐshì niándài jiǔ yuǎn diūshī le qǔpǔ ，xiàndài yīnyuèrén yòu chóngxīn pǔ qǔ le 。
There's something you don't know. This was originally a Song dynasty ci poem and in ancient times it would have had a tune to sing along with. It's just that the score has been lost with time, so a modern musician rewrote a score for it.
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太多了！唐朝的我喜欢李白、杜甫。宋朝的最喜欢苏轼。
tài duō le ！Tángcháo de wǒ xǐhuan Lǐ Bái 、Dù Fǔ 。Sòngcháo de zuì xǐhuan Sū Shì 。
So many! From Tang Dynasty, I like Li Bai and Du Fu. From Song Dynasty, I like Su Shi.
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