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秦始皇陵
Qín Shǐ huáng líng
Pinyin
Definition
秦始皇陵
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Qín Shǐ huáng líng
the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Lí shān] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
Character Decomposition
秦
一
二
丨
八
禾
始
女
厶
口
皇
白
王
陵
阝
土
八
夂
Related Words
(20)
开始
kāi shǐ
1
to begin
2
beginning
3
to start
4
initial
5
CL:個|个[gè]
伊始
yī shǐ
1
outset
2
beginning
创始人
chuàng shǐ rén
1
creator
2
founder
3
initiator
原始
yuán shǐ
1
first
2
original
3
primitive
4
original (document etc)
女皇
nu:3 huáng
1
empress
始
shǐ
1
to begin
2
to start
3
then
4
only then
始终
shǐ zhōng
1
from beginning to end
2
all along
皇
Huáng
1
surname Huang
皇上
huáng shang
1
the emperor
2
Your majesty the emperor
3
His imperial majesty
皇冠
huáng guān
1
crown (headgear)
皇后
huáng hòu
1
empress
2
imperial consort
皇子
huáng zǐ
1
prince
皇宫
huáng gōng
1
imperial palace
皇家
huáng jiā
1
royal
2
imperial household
皇帝
huáng dì
1
emperor
2
CL:個|个[gè]
皇马
Huáng Mǎ
1
Real Madrid soccer team
2
abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里
秦
Qín
1
surname Qin
2
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng]
3
abbr. for 陝西|陕西[Shǎn xī]
金陵
Jīn líng
1
pre-Han name for Nanjing
2
common place name
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
1
a new year begins (idiom)
三皇五帝
sān huáng wǔ dì
1
three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wǔ dì] of myth and legend
2
the earliest system of Chinese historiography
Idioms
(20)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
1
a new year begins (idiom)
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
1
to run off in a great panic (idiom)
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
1
high-sounding
2
dignified
3
pompous (idiom)
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
1
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
1
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
2
to carry things through
3
I started, so I'll finish.
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
1
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
1
lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
2
fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
1
lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2
fig. the originator of an evil practice
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
1
not expected at the outset (idiom)
2
unforeseen
3
to be surprised by the turn of events
始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī
1
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
1
(of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
张皇失措
zhāng huáng shī cuò
1
panic-stricken (idiom)
2
to be in a flustered state
3
also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhāng huáng shī cuò]
有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
1
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
2
to carry things through
3
I started, so I'll finish.
有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
1
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
2
lack of sticking power
3
short attention span
朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
1
serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
皇天不负苦心人
Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén
1
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
1
heaven and earth (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
1
lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
2
fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
皇亲国戚
huáng qīn guó qī
1
the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
1
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
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