[广西 / 廣西, Guǎng xī] Guangxi province in south China; since 1959, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区, location of the Zhuang minority peoples, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁, See Also: 廣西壯族自治區, 广西壮族自治区, 桂, 南寧, 南宁 #3875

陈水扁

[陈水扁 / 陳水扁, Chén Shuǐ biǎn] Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of Republic of China 2000-2008, See Also: 民進黨, 民进党 #5261

普京

[普京, Pǔ jīng] Vladimir Putin (1952-), career KGB officer, President of Russian Federation from 2000 #7787

马英九

[马英九 / 馬英九, Mǎ Yīng jiǔ] Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei from 1998, President of Republic of China from 2008 #9663

布朗

[布朗, Bù lǎng] Brown (name); Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister from 2007 #10516

赖斯

[赖斯 / 賴斯, Lài sī] Rice (name); Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State from 2005 #11120

成龙

[成龙 / 成龍, Chéng Lóng] Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and cantopop star #11736

斯大林

[斯大林, Sī dà lín] Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), murderous Soviet dictator #11849

赫鲁晓夫

[赫鲁晓夫 / 赫魯曉夫, Hè lǔ xiǎo fu] Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964 #14283

大跃进

[大跃进 / 大躍進, dà yuè jìn] the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), in retrospect widely viewed as an unprecedented economic and social disaster, with estimated 20 million people dying of starvation #14894

抗美援朝

[抗美援朝, kàng Měi yuán Cháo] Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) #15718

金庸

[金庸, Jīn Yōng] Jinyong or Louis Cha (1924-), wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) writer, author of 1957-1961 Condor Hero trilogy, See Also: 武侠 #16113

希拉克

[希拉克 / 希拉剋, Xī lā kè] Jacques René Chirac (1932-), President of France 1995-2007 #16650

爱因斯坦

[爱因斯坦 / 愛因斯坦, Ài yīn sī tǎn] Albert Einstein (1879-1955), famous Austrian physicist #16941

内贾德

[内贾德 / 內賈德, Nèi jiǎ dé] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, President of Iran from 2005, famous for provocative speeches; abbr. for 艾哈邁迪內賈德|艾哈迈迪内贾德, See Also: 艾哈邁迪內賈德, 艾哈迈迪内贾德 #17718

盖茨

[盖茨 / 蓋茨, Gài cí] Gates (name); Bill Gates (1955-), chairman of Microsoft; Robert Gates (1943-), US Secretary of Defense since 2006 #18010

陈毅

[陈毅 / 陳毅, Chén yì] Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 #18735

恩格斯

[恩格斯, Ēn gé sī] Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of marxism #19272

张爱玲

[张爱玲 / 張愛玲, Zhāng Ài líng] Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist #19406

拉登

[拉登, Lā dēng] (Osama) bin Laden (1957-), leader of Al Qaeda #19495

默克尔

[默克尔 / 默克爾, Mò kè ěr] Angela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005 #19951

刘邦

[刘邦 / 劉邦, Liú Bāng] Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC), See Also: 漢高祖, 汉高祖 #20238

陈云

[陈云 / 陳雲, Chén Yún] Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist #23963

李安

[李安, Lǐ Ān] Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山, See Also: 臥虎藏龍, 卧虎藏龙, 斷背山, 断背山 #24146

彭德怀

[彭德怀 / 彭德懷, Péng Dé huái] Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution #25831

艾森豪威尔

[艾森豪威尔 / 艾森豪威爾, Ài sēn háo wēi ěr] Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953–1961 #26627

邓丽君

[邓丽君 / 鄧麗君, Dèng Lì jūn] Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol #27727

王明

[王明, Wáng Míng] Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 #29193

戈尔巴乔夫

[戈尔巴乔夫 / 戈爾巴喬夫, Gē ěr bā qiáo fū] Gorbachev; Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995 #30785

马利基

[马利基 / 馬利基, Mǎ lì jī] Maliki or Al-Maliki (name); Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (c.1950-) Prime Minister Iraq from 2006 #32492

薄一波

[薄一波, Bó Yī bō] Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping #34761

周润发

[周润发 / 周潤發, Zhōu Rùn fā] Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star #37454

粮票

[粮票 / 糧票, liáng piào] coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 #37537

齐白石

[齐白石 / 齊白石, Qí Bái shí] Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter #38033

麦克阿瑟

[麦克阿瑟 / 麥克阿瑟, Mài kè ā sè] General Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964), US commander in chief during WW2 and in Korea; sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders in the Korean war #38450

钱学森

[钱学森 / 錢学森, Qián Xué sēn] Tsien Hsue-shen or Qian Xuesen (1911-), US trained Chinese physicist and rocket scientist, returned to PRC in 1955 as leader of rocket and nuclear projects #39504

后汉

[后汉 / 後漢, Hòu Hàn] Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) #39846

徐悲鸿

[徐悲鸿 / 徐悲鴻, Xú Bēi hóng] Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher #39974

萨尔科齐

[萨尔科齐 / 薩爾科齊, Sà ěr kē qí] Sarkozy (name); Nicolas Sarkozy (1955－), French politician, President from 2007 #41301

甲午

[甲午, jiǎ wǔ] thirty first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014; cf 甲午戰爭|甲午战争, the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, See Also: 甲午戰爭, 甲午战争 #41306

丁玲

[丁玲, Dīng Líng] Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party, See Also: 太陽照在桑乾河上, 太阳照在桑干河上 #41782

张华

[张华 / 張華, 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 #41982

戴高乐

[戴高乐 / 戴高樂, Dài Gāo lè] Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and President of the Republic 1959-1969 #42529

谭咏麟

[谭咏麟 / 譚詠麟, Tán Yǒng lín] Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor #42801

何厚铧

[何厚铧 / 何厚鏵, Hé Hòu huá] He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, first magistrate from 1999 #45289

后周

[后周 / 後周, Hòu Zhōu] Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封, See Also: 开封 #47623

资治通鉴

[资治通鉴 / 資治通鑒, Zī zhì tōng jiàn] A mirror for the wise ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls, See Also: 司馬光, 司马光 #48259

谭盾

[谭盾 / 譚盾, Tán dùn] Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer #49299

戊戌

[戊戌, wù xū] thirty fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018; cf 戊戌政變|戊戌政变, failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898, See Also: 戊戌政變, 戊戌政变 #49843

甲午战争

[甲午战争 / 甲午戰爭, Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng] the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 #49895

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半

[はん, han] (n, n-pref) (1) half; semi-; (n, n-suf) (2) half-past; (n) (3) (See 丁・ちょう・4) odd number; (4) (arch) unit of land area (595.8 m^2); (P) #1495

歩

[ほ, ho] (n) unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters) #2525

坪

[つぼ, tsubo] (n) unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square meters; (P) #7978

ＡＡ会議

[エーエーかいぎ, e-e-kaigi] (n) (See アジアアフリカ会議) Afro-Asian Conference (1955)

アジアアフリカ会議

[アジアアフリカかいぎ, ajiaafurika kaigi] (n) Asian-African Conference (1955); Afro-Asian Conference

イナバウアー

[inabaua-] (n) Ina Bauer (figure skating technique first performed in 1957 by West German skater Ina Bauer); (P)

インドシナ戦争

[インドシナせんそう, indoshina sensou] (n) (See ベトナム戦争) (first) Indochina War (1946-1954)

ウィンドウズキュージューゴ

[uindouzukyu-ju-go] (n) { comp } Windows95

オフィスキュウジュウゴ

[ofisukyuujuugo] (n) { comp } Office95

キューゴ

[kyu-go] (n) { comp } 95

キュージューゴ

[kyu-ju-go] (n) { comp } 95

グーラグ;グラグ

[gu-ragu ; guragu] (n) Gulag (Soviet Union labor camp from 1930-1955)

サンフランシスコ講和条約

[サンフランシスコこうわじょうやく, sanfuranshisuko kouwajouyaku] (n) (See 対日講和条約) Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951)

スエズ戦争

[スエズせんそう, suezu sensou] (n) (See スエズ動乱) Suez War (1956)

スエズ動乱

[スエズどうらん, suezu douran] (n) Suez Crisis (1956)

タラ戦争;鱈戦争

[タラせんそう(タラ戦争);たらせんそう(鱈戦争), tara sensou ( tara sensou ); tarasensou ( tara sensou )] (n) Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))

バンドン会議

[バンドンかいぎ, bandon kaigi] (n) (See アジアアフリカ会議) Bandung Conference (1955)

ビーエスエーシー

[bi-esue-shi-] (n) British Sub-Aqua Club, founded 1953 (Prince Charles is honorary President); BSAC

ローマ条約

[ローマじょうやく, ro-ma jouyaku] (n) Treaty of Rome (treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 1957)

改進党

[かいしんとう, kaishintou] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 立憲改進党) Constitutional Reform Party (1882-1896); (2) Reform Party (1952-1954)

関税と貿易に関する一般協定

[かんぜいとぼうえきにかんするいっぱんきょうてい, kanzeitobouekinikansuruippankyoutei] (n) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995); GATT

関税貿易一般協定

[かんぜいぼうえきいっぱんきょうてい, kanzeibouekiippankyoutei] (n) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995); GATT

岩戸景気

[いわとけいき, iwatokeiki] (n) the economic boom of 1958-1961

後漢

[ごかん;こうかん, gokan ; koukan] (n) (1) (esp. ごかん) Later Han Dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE); (2) (esp. こうかん) Later Han Dynasty (of China; 947-950 CE)

国家地方警察

[こっかちほうけいさつ, kokkachihoukeisatsu] (n) national rural police (established in 1947, abolished in 1954)

国防会議

[こくぼうかいぎ, kokuboukaigi] (n) (1) (Japanese) National Defense Council (1956-86) (Defence); (2) National Security Council (USA)

阪神大震災

[はんしんだいしんさい, hanshindaishinsai] (n) Great Hanshin Earthquake (Jan 1995)

銃刀法

[じゅうとうほう, juutouhou] (n) (abbr) (See 銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法) Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)

銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法

[じゅうほうとうけんるいしょじとうとりしまりほう, juuhoutoukenruishojitoutorishimarihou] (n) (See 銃刀法) Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)

条鰭綱

[じょうきこう, joukikou] (n) Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes comprising nearly 95% of the 25, 000 species of fish)

神武景気

[じんむけいき, jinmukeiki] (n) the economic boom of the mid-1950s

正暦

[しょうりゃく, shouryaku] (n) Shouryaku era (990.11.7-995.2.22)

対日講和条約

[たいにちこうわじょうやく, tainichikouwajouyaku] (n) (See サンフランシスコ講和条約) Treaty of Peace with Japan; Treaty of San Francisco (Sept. 8, 1951)

大社教

[たいしゃきょう, taishakyou] (n) (obs) (See 出雲大社教) Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)

大躍進

[だいやくしん, daiyakushin] (n) (1) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); (n, vs) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides

淡路大震災

[あわじだいしんさい, awajidaishinsai] (n) (See 阪神大震災) Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)

地下鉄サリン事件

[ちかてつサリンじけん, chikatetsu sarin jiken] (n) sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (Mar. 20, 1995)

中東戦争

[ちゅうとうせんそう, chuutousensou] (n) Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)

朝鮮事変

[ちょうせんじへん, chousenjihen] (n) (sens) Korean War (1950-1953)

朝鮮戦争

[ちょうせんせんそう, chousensensou] (n) Korean War (1950-1953)

朝鮮動乱

[ちょうせんどうらん, chousendouran] (n) (sens) Korean War (1950-1953)