[凉 / 涼, liáng] cool; cold; the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely Former Liang 前涼 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼 (400-421), See Also: 前涼, 後涼, 北涼, 南涼, 西涼 #3664

燕

[燕, Yān] Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan, See Also: 前燕, 後燕, 后燕, 南燕, 北燕 #4554

切尼

[切尼, Qiē ní] Cheney (name); Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008 #21716

斯诺

[斯诺 / 斯諾, Sī nuò] Snow (name); Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China #22933

施明德

[施明德, Shī Míng dé] Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shuibian, See Also: 民進黨, 民进党 #27402

汉武帝

[汉武帝 / 漢武帝, Hàn Wǔ dì] Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC) #27946

杨坚

[杨坚 / 楊堅, Yáng jiān] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 #52361

圆周率

[圆周率 / 圓周率, yuán zhōu lǜ] the circular ratio; pi = 3.1415926 #60408

隋文帝

[隋文帝, Suí Wén dì] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 #62465

辛酉

[辛酉, xīn yǒu] fifty eigth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 #62704

李明博

[李明博, Lǐ Míng bó] Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, President of South Korea from 2007 #64156

后秦

[后秦 / 後秦, Hòu Qín] Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417) #64483

铌

[铌 / 鈮, ní] niobium Nb, transition metal, atomic number 41 #71618

项英

[项英 / 項英, Xiàng Yīng] Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍, killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变, See Also: 新四軍, 皖南事变 #76156

南燕

[南燕, nán yān] Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410) #92814

泥盆纪

[泥盆纪 / 泥盆紀, Ní pén jì] Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago) #97251

贞德

[贞德 / 貞德, Zhēn dé] Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English; also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan #115595

欧阳询

[欧阳询 / 陽歐詢, Ōu yáng Xún] Ouyang Xun (557一641), one of Four Great Poets of early Tang 唐初四大家, See Also: 一, 唐初四大家 #129084

志留纪

[志留纪 / 志留紀, Zhì liú jì] Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago) #152030

德沃夏克

[德沃夏克, Dé wò xià kè] Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony #167960

埃尔金

[埃尔金 / 埃爾金, Āi ěr jīn] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1, See Also: 圓明園, 圆明园 #242416

近卫文麿

[近卫文麿 / 近衛文麿, Jìn wèi Wén mǒ] Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941 #319663

五凉

[五凉, Wǔ Liáng] the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely Former Liang 前涼 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼 (400-421), See Also: 前涼, 後涼, 北涼, 南涼, 西涼

刘厚总

[刘厚总 / 劉厚總, Liú Hòu zǒng] Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变, See Also: 項英, 项英, 皖南事变

南涼

[南涼, Nán Liáng] Southern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (397-414)

国防语言学院

[国防语言学院 / 國防語言學院, guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn] US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)

埃德加・斯诺

[埃德加・斯诺 / 埃德加・斯諾, Āi dé jiā· Sī nuò] Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China

太平洋战争

[太平洋战争 / 太平洋戰爭, Tài píng yáng Zhàn zhēng] Pacific war between Japan and the US, 1941-1945

察合台

[察合台 / 察合臺, Chá gě tái] Chagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan

帕拉塞尔士

[帕拉塞尔士 / 帕拉塞爾士, Pà lā sè ěr shì] Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist

沈约

[沈约 / 沈約, Shěn Yuē] Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书, See Also: 南朝梁, 宋書, 宋书

圣女贞德

[圣女贞德 / 聖女貞德, Shèng nǚ Zhēn dé] Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English; also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan

训民正音

[训民正音 / 訓民正音, xùn mín zhèng yīn] the Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce Hangeul

詹姆斯・乔伊斯

[詹姆斯・乔伊斯 / 詹姆斯・喬伊斯, Zhān mǔ sī· Qiáo yī sī] James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake

隋文帝杨坚

[隋文帝杨坚 / 隋文帝楊堅, Suí Wén dì Yáng jiān] first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604

额尔金

[额尔金 / 額爾金, É ěr jīn] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1, See Also: 圓明園, 圆明园

鸠摩罗什

[鸠摩罗什 / 鳩摩羅什, Jiū mó luó shí] Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

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両

[りょう, ryou] (n, pref) (1) both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.); (n) (2) ryo (obsolete unit of currency); (3) (See 斤) 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin); (4) (See 反・たん) 2 tan (measure of fabric size); (ctr) (5) counter for carriages (e.g. in a train) #694

太平洋戦争

[たいへいようせんそう, taiheiyousensou] (n) Pacific War (1941-1945); (P) #5601

すんづくり

[sundukuri] (n) kanji sun ("inch") radical at right (radical 41)

サイイド朝

[サイイドちょう, saiido chou] (n) Sayyid Dynasty (of India, 1414-1451 CE)

トゥグルク朝;ツグルク朝

[トゥグルクちょう(トゥグルク朝);ツグルクちょう(ツグルク朝), touguruku chou ( touguruku asa ); tsuguruku chou ( tsuguruku asa )] (n) Tughluq Dynasty (of India, 1320-1413 CE)

ナイジェリア詐欺

[ナイジェリアさぎ, naijieria sagi] (n) Nigerian fraud; 419 fraud

マレー沖海戦

[マレーおきかいせん, mare-okikaisen] (n) Naval Battle off Malaya (Dec. 10, 1941)