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[望文生義] wàngwénshēngyì lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
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        xīwàng, to wish for/to desire/hope/CL:個|个[gè]
        shīwàng, disappointed/to lose hope/to despair
        zhǐwàng, to hope for sth/to count on/hope
        kěwàng, to thirst for/to long for
        qīwàng, to have expectations/to earnestly hope/expectation/hope
        juéwàng, [絕望], to despair/to give up all hope/desperate/desperation
        yuànwàng, [願望], desire/wish
        yùwàng, [慾望], desire/longing/appetite/craving
        wàng, [朢], full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards...
        tànwàng, to visit/to call on sb/to look around
        wàngyuǎnjìng, [望遠鏡], binoculars/telescope/CL:付[fù],副[fù],部[bù]
        kànwàng, to visit/to pay a call to
        pànwàng, to hope for/to look forward to
        shēwàng, an extravagant hope/to have excessive expectations
        shēngwàng, [聲望], popularity/prestige
        yǎngwàng, to look up at/to look up to sb hopefully
        zhǎnwàng, outlook/prospect/to look ahead/to look forward to
        míngwàng, renown/prestige
        shǒuwàng, to keep watch/on guard
        zhāngwàng, [張望], to look around/to peep (through a crack)/to peer at/to throw a look at
        wúwàng, [無望], without hope/hopeless/without prospects
        guānwàng, [觀望], to wait and see/to watch from the sidelines/to look around/to survey
        yǒuwàng, hopeful/promising
        níngwàng, to gaze at/to stare fixedly at
        wàngfēng, [望風], to be on the lookout/to keep watch
        qīwàngzhí, expectations/(math) expected value
        wēiwàng, prestige
        dàshīsuǒwàng, greatly disappointed
        
        
        yáowàng, [遙望], to look into the distance
        yīwàngwújì, [一望無際], as far as the eye can see (idiom)
        hòuwàng, great hopes/great expectations
        xǐchūwàngwài, to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)/overjoyed at the turn of events
        tiàowàng, to survey the scene from an elevated position
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        dégāowàngzhòng, a person of virtue and prestige/a person of good moral standing and reputation
        qiánwàngjìng, [潛望鏡], periscope
        
        wàngyuè, full moon
        wàngzú, distinguished or prominent family/influential clan (old)
        wàngchénmòjí, [望塵莫及], lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)/...
        zhòngwàng, [眾望], people's expectations
        
        HǎowàngJiǎo, Cape of Good Hope
        qǐwàng, hope/to hope/to look forward to
        kěwàngérbùkějí, in sight but unattainable (idiom)/inaccessible
        kěwàng, can be expected (to)/to be expected (to)/hopefully (happening)
        qíwàng, to hope/to wish/hope/wish/(old) name of an official post
        wàngjiàn, [望見], to espy/to spot
        shǒuwàngxiāngzhù, to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to de...
        wàngzǐchénglóng, [望子成龍], lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child t...
        rèwàng, [熱望], to aspire
        
        yīwàngwúyín, [一望無垠], to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
        bāwàng, to look forward to
        wàngérquèbù, [望而卻步], to shrink back/to flinch
        dàxǐguòwàng, [大喜過望], overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
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        shuòwàng, the new moon/the first day of the lunar month
        wàngérshēngwèi, intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring/terrifying/overwhelming
        xiāngwàng, to look at one another/to face each other
        
        yuǎnwàng, [遠望], to gaze afar/to look into the distance
        kuīwàng, [窺望], to peep/to spy on
        
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        wénjiàn, document/file/CL:份[fèn]
        wénzhāng, article/essay/literary works/writings/hidden meaning/CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
        Wén/wén, surname Wen, language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/(old) classifier fo...
        wénhuà, culture/civilization/cultural/CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
        Kǎiwén, [凱文], Kevin (person name)
        lùnwén, [論文], paper/treatise/thesis/CL:篇[piān]/to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
        wénmíng, civilized/civilization/culture/CL:個|个[gè]
        wénzì, character/script/writing/written language/writing style/phraseology/CL:個|个[gè]
        Āiwén, Evan/Avon/Ivan
        Yīngwén, English (language)
        wénxué, [文學], literature/CL:種|种[zhǒng]
        Ōuwén, [歐文], Owen (name)/Erwin (name)/Irvine, California
        wénshū, [文書], document/official correspondence/secretary/secretariat
        gōngwénbāo, briefcase/attaché case
        
        Zhōngwén, Chinese language
        shēnwúfēnwén, [身無分文], penniless (idiom)
        
        
        wéndàng, [文檔], (computer) file
        Shǐdìwén, Steven, Stephen (name)
        wénwù, cultural relic/historical relic/CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè]
        Lādīngwén, Latin (language)
        
        wénjiànjiā, [文件夾], folder/file (paper)
        wénpíng, [文憑], diploma
        
        
        
        
        tiānwénguǎn, [天文館], planetarium
        
        wénmáng, illiterate
        wényǎ, elegant/refined
        zuòwén, to write an essay/composition (student essay)/CL:篇[piān]
        Dáěrwén, [達爾文], Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Sp...
        Wényìfùxīng, [文藝復興], the Renaissance
        Déwén, German (language)
        yuánwén, original text
        sīwén, refined/educate/cultured/intellectual/polite/gentle
        gōngwén, document
        wénběn, version/text
        wénxiàn, [文獻], document
        
        wénzhí, [文職], civilian post (as opposed to military)/civil service/administration
        tiānwénxuéjiā, [天文學家], astronomer
        
        tiānwénxué, [天文學], astronomy
        Sīdìwén, Steven (name)/Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, play...
        sǎnwén, prose/essay
        
        jīngwén, [經文], scripture/scriptures/CL:本[běn]
        tiáowén, [條文], clause/explanatory section in a document
        xiàngxíngwénzì, pictogram/hieroglyph
        tiānwéntái, observatory
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        wénàn, (newspapers etc) copy/copywriter/(office etc) paperwork/(old) secretary/clerk
        wénsī, the train of thought in writing
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        fēnwén, a single penny/a single cent
        wénfǎ, grammar
        Shǐdìwénsī, Stephens/Stevens
        yīwénbùmíng, to be penniless
        Rìwén, Japanese (language)
        Kǎěrwén, [卡爾文], Calvin (name)
        Fǎwén, French language
        wényì, [文藝], literature and art
        wénzhāi, digest (of literature)/to make a digest (of data)/summary
        fánwénrùjié, [繁文縟節], convoluted and overelaborate (document)/unnecessarily elaborate writing/mumbo-ju...
        wénbǐ, [文筆], writings/writing style
        yǔwén, [語文], literature and language/(PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
        
        
        
        
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        Āiwénsī, Evans/Ivins/Ivens
        
        wénjù, stationery/item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
        
        wénjìng, [文靜], (of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet
        Éwén, Russian language
        
        
        bówén, blog article/to write a blog article (netspeak)
        wēnwéněryǎ, [溫文爾雅], cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
        
        shàngxiàwén, (textual) context
        Ōuwénsī, [歐文斯], Owens (name)
        
        
        
        
        jīnwén, inscription in bronze/bell-cauldron inscription
        dǎowén, [禱文], litany (text of a prayer)
        
        bēiwén, inscription on a tablet
        mángwén, braille/literature in braille
        Kāiěrwén, [開爾文], Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)/Kelvin (temperature s...
        
        
        zuòwénzhāng, to make an issue of sth/to fuss/to make a song and dance
        rénwén, humanities/human affairs/culture
        
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        shàngwén, preceding part of the text
        
        míngwén, [銘文], inscription
        Sīdìwénsēn, Stevenson or Stephenson (name)
        wénxuéjiā, [文學家], writer/man of letters/CL:個|个[gè]
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        Kǎowénchuí, Coventry city in West Midlands 西米德蘭茲|西米德兰兹[Xī mǐ dé lán zī], UK
        míngwénguīdìng, [明文規定], expressly stipulated (in writing)
        pīwén, official written ruling in response to a submission/official approval in writing
        
        
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        gǔwén, old language/the Classics/Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang an...
        
        shīwén, [詩文], poetry and literature
        wénháo, literary giant/great writer/eminent writer
        
        wénkē, liberal arts/humanities
        Wénlái, [文萊], Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo
        Ālābówén, Arabic (language & writing)
        
        wénrén, scholar/literati
        
        Tàiwén, Thai (language)
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        Fànwén, Sanskrit
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        wénjí, collected works
        
        wàiwén, foreign language (written)
        
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        yìwén, [譯文], translated text
        
        
        
        quánwén, entire text/full text
        
        
        zīwén, official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)/report delivered by ...
        
        yàwénhuà, [亞文化], subculture
        
        
        Sīluòwénníyà, [斯洛文尼亞], Slovenia
        
        zhèngwén, main text (as opposed to footnotes)/main body (of a book)
        wéncǎi, literary talent/literary grace/rich and bright colors
        
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        shuǐwén, hydrology
        Jiāěrwén, [加爾文], Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
        
        
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        Hánwén, [韓文], hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet/Korean written language
        shāwénzhǔyì, [沙文主義], chauvinism
        
        
        huíwén, palindrome
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        wényú, [文娛], cultural recreation/entertainment
        
        
        
        wénjùdiàn, stationery store
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        kèwén, [課文], text/CL:篇[piān]
        
        wénzhōuzhōu, [文縐縐], bookish/genteel/erudite
        
        
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        Hànwén, [漢文], Chinese written language/Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
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        gǔdiǎnwénxué, [古典文學], classical literature
        
        yǐnwén, quotation/citation
        
        dàyǒuwénzhāng, some deeper meaning in this/more to it than meets the eye/there's sth behind all...
        
        
        bǐjiàowénxué, [比較文學], comparative literature
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        biǎomiànwénzhāng, superficial show/going through the motions
        
        míngwén, to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
        
        
        
        wénzhìbīnbīn, [文質彬彬], refined in manner/gentle
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        wéntán, [文壇], literary circles
        
        wéntǐ, [文體], genre of writing/literary form/style/literary recreation and sporting activities
        
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        jiǎgǔwén, oracle script/oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
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        hóngtóuwénjiàn, [紅頭文件], red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing gover...
        
        
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        wénmì, secretary
        sānwénzhì, sandwich (loanword)
        
        
        wénxuéshǐ, [文學史], history of literature
        wénkù, [文庫], collection of documents/library/book series/sequence of data, esp. genome
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Lāwénkèláo, [拉文克勞], Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
        
        
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        Xībóláiwén, [希伯萊文], Hebrew language
        wénfēng, [文風], writing style
        
        
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        wēnwén, [溫文], genteel
        
        
        
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        Luówén, [羅文], Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
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        fēnwénbùqǔ, to give for free
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        qiánhòuwén, [前後文], context/the surrounding words/same as 上下文
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        yùnwén, [韻文], verse
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        wénlǐ, arts and sciences
        
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        wénwǔ, civil and military
        
        wénjiào, culture and education
        
        
        Wénchāng, Wenchang City, Hainan
        
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        wénshì, literati/scholar
        
        
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        wénshǐ, literature and history
        Wénxiàn, [文縣], Wen county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Lǒng nán], Gansu
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        guānyàngwénzhāng, [官樣文章], officialese/red tape
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        jìwén, funeral oration/eulogy/elegiac address
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        bāgǔwén, eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing d...
        
        
        
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        wénxuǎn, [文選], compilation/selected works
        
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        wénshēn, to tattoo
        wéncí, [文辭], language/words
        
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        báihuàwén, [白話文], writings in the vernacular
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        Lāwénnà, [拉文納], Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
        
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        Xiānsheng/xiānsheng, Mister (Mr.), teacher/husband/doctor (dialect)/CL:位[wèi]
        fāshēng, [發生], to happen/to occur/to take place/to break out
        shēnghuó, life/activity/to live/livelihood
        yīshēng, [醫生], doctor/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
        shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
        shēng, to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
        shēngqì, [生氣], to get angry/to take offense/angry/vitality/liveliness
        shēngrì, birthday/CL:個|个[gè]
        shēngyì/shēngyi, life force/vitality, business/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
        xuésheng, [學生], student/schoolchild
        rénshēng, life (one's time on earth)
        yīshēng, all one's life/throughout one's life
        chūshēng, to be born
        nǚshēng, schoolgirl/female student/girl
        chǎnshēng, [產生], to arise/to come into being/to come about/to give rise to/to bring into being/to...
        shēngwù, organism/living creature/life form/biological/CL:個|个[gè]
        nánshēng, schoolboy/male student/boy/guy (young adult male)
        shēngcún, to exist/to survive
        shēngbìng, to fall ill
        mòshēngrén, stranger
        tiānshēng, nature/disposition/innate/natural
        shēngyá, career/life (way in which sb lives)/period of one's life
        
        shēngchǎn, [生產], to produce/to manufacture/to give birth to a child
        
        mòshēng, strange/unfamiliar
        wèishēng, [衛生], health/hygiene/sanitation
        shēngsǐ, life or death
        qīnshēng, [親生], one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)/biological (parents)/birth (parent...
        shíxísheng, [實習生], intern (student)
        fúwùshēng, [服務生], server (at a restaurant)
        wèishēngjiān, [衛生間], bathroom/toilet/WC/CL:間|间[jiān]
        dànshēng, [誕生], to be born
        chùsheng, domestic animal/brute/bastard
        huāshēng, peanut/groundnut/CL:粒[lì]
        xìngshēnghuó, sex life
        shēngzhǎng, [生長], to grow
        shēnglǐ, physiology
        shēnglái, [生來], from birth/by one's nature
        shēnghuà, biochemistry
        xīnshēng, new/newborn/emerging/nascent/rebirth/regeneration/new life/new student
        huóshēngshēng, real (people)/living (artist)/while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
        dàxuéshēng, [大學生], university student/college student
        zhōngshēng, [終生], throughout one's life/lifetime/lifelong
        shēnghuán, [生還], to return alive/to survive
        yǒngshēng, to live forever/eternal life/all one's life
        zàishēng, to be reborn/to regenerate/to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)/recycli...
        gāozhōngshēng, senior high school student
        huāshēngjiàng, [花生醬], peanut butter
        shēngqián, (of a deceased) during one's life/while living
        wéishēng, [為生], to make a living
        shēngxiào, to take effect/to go into effect
        kàngshēngsù, antibiotic
        jìshēngchóng, [寄生蟲], parasite (biology)/(fig.) freeloader
        sīshēnghuó, private life
        sàngshēng, [喪生], to die/to lose one's life
        yěshēng, wild/undomesticated
        táoshēng, to flee for one's life
        móushēng, [謀生], to seek one's livelihood/to work to support oneself/to earn a living
        shēngyù, to bear/to give birth/to grow/to rear/to bring up (children)/fertility
        jiùshēngyuán, [救生員], lifeguard
        bìshēng, [畢生], all one's life/lifetime
        bìyèshēng, [畢業生], graduate
        shēngdòng, [生動], vivid/lively
        yánjiūshēng, graduate student/postgraduate student/research student
        
        wéishēngsù, [維生素], vitamin
        qǐsǐhuíshēng, to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
        shēngfù, biological father
        shēnghuǒ, to make a fire/to light a fire
        jiēshēng, to deliver (a newborn child)
        shēngjì, [生計], livelihood
        qiúshēng, to seek survival/to possess the will to live
        shēngxiù, [生銹], to rust/to grow rusty/to corrode/oxidization
        bànshēng, half a lifetime
        sīshēngzǐ, illegitimate child (male)/bastard/love child
        
        shēngmǔ, natural mother/birth mother
        shēngzhíqì, reproductive organ/genitals
        fùshēng, [復生], to be reborn/to recover/to come back to life/to regenerate
        
        
        
        shēngtài, [生態], ecology
        jiùshēng, to save a life/life-saving
        xuéshenghuì, [學生會], student union
        chóngshēng, to be reborn/rebirth
        xīnshēngér, [新生兒], newborn baby/neonate
        yǒushēngyǐlái, [有生以來], since birth/for one's whole life
        jiàngshēng, to be born/arrival of newborn/birth (of a savior or religious leader)
        wèishēngzhǐ, [衛生紙], toilet paper/bathroom tissue
        shēngjī, [生機], opportunity to live/to reprieve from death/life force/vitality
        jīnshēng, this life
        shēngwùxué, [生物學], biology
        shēngpíng, life (a person's whole life)/in one's entire life
        tòngbùyùshēng, to be so in pain as to not want to live/to be so grieved as to wish one were dea...
        zìshēngzìmiè, [自生自滅], to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
        chángshēngbùlǎo, [長生不老], immortality
        shēngchéng, to generate/to produce/generated/produced
        
        shēngzhí, to reproduce/to flourish
        luánshēng, [孿生], twin
        shēnglù, a way to make a living/a way to survive/a way out of a predicament
        Àidíshēng, [愛迪生], Edison (name)/Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman
        shēngmìnglì, vitality
        
        jìshēng, to live in or on another organism as a parasite/to live by taking advantage of o...
        shēnglíng, [生靈], (literary) the people/living thing/creature
        
        sǐlǐtáoshēng, [死裡逃生], mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape/to survive by the skin of o...
        shēngcài, lettuce/raw fresh vegetables/greens
        jiùshēngtǐng, lifeboat
        Wèishēngbù, [衛生部], Ministry of Health
        shēngsǐyōuguān, [生死攸關], matter of life and death
        xiǎoxuéshēng, [小學生], primary school student/schoolchild/CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]/(fig.) beginner
        shìyìngshēng, [侍應生], waiter/waitress
        zhōngxuéshēng, [中學生], middle-school student/high school student
        shēngwùxuéjiā, [生物學家], biologist
        
        shēnghuófèi, [生活費], cost of living/living expenses/alimony
        wēishēngwù, microorganism
        jiùshēngyī, life jacket/life vest
        tǔshēngtǔzhǎng, [土生土長], locally born and bred/indigenous/home-grown
        dúshēngzǐ, [獨生子], only son
        wèishēngmián, [衛生棉], sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)/sanita...
线         shēngchǎnxiàn, [生產線], assembly line/production line
        shēngshū, unfamiliar/strange/out of practice/not accustomed
        
        dúshēngnǚ, [獨生女], an only daughter
        hǎohǎoxiānsheng, Mr Goody-goody/yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
        
        shēngéryùnǚ, [生兒育女], to bear and raise children
        wúzhōngshēngyǒu, [無中生有], to create something from nothing (idiom)
        chūshēngrùsǐ, from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water/brave/willing...
        wèishēngjīn, [衛生巾], sanitary towel
        chūshēngdì, birthplace
        
        zìlìgēngshēng, regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)/self-reliance
        wéishēng, [維生], abbr. for 維持生活|维持生活[wéi chí shēng huó]
        shēngtūnhuóbō, [生吞活剝], to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
        shēnglónghuóhǔ, [生龍活虎], lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)/fig. vigorous and lively
        ānshēng, peaceful/restful/quiet/still
        shìzhěshēngcún, [適者生存], survival of the fittest
        yèshēnghuó, night life
        
        yīshēngyīshì, a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
        shēngwùwǔqì, biological weapon
        qìngshēng, [慶生], to celebrate a birthday
        hújìshēng, mistletoe
        shēngyúpiàn, [生魚片], sashimi
        shēngwùtǐ, [生物體], organism
        
        
        jìhuàshēngyù, [計劃生育], family planning
        shāshēng, [殺生], to take the life of a living creature
        shēngxìng, natural disposition
        
        shēngrìkǎ, birthday card
        zīshēng, to breed/to flourish/to cause/to provoke/to create
        shēnglǐxué, [生理學], physiology
        lǎoshēngchángtán, [老生常談], an old observation (idiom)/a truism/banal comments
        xuéshengzhèng, [學生證], student identity card
        shēngrén, stranger/living person/to give birth/to be born (in a certain time or place)
        
        gāocáishēng, student of great ability
        shēngsǐcúnwáng, matter of life and death
        
        shēngyìng, stiff/harsh
        
        rěshìshēngfēi, to stir up trouble
        xǔxǔrúshēng, vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life/realistic
        zhāoshēng, to enroll new students/to get students
        shēngròu, raw meat
        shēngjiāng, [生薑], fresh ginger
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        píngshēng, all one's life
        
        tōushēng, to live without purpose
        shúnéngshēngqiǎo, with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
        Qiángshēng, [強生], Johnson (surname)/Johnson & Johnson (company)
        láishēng, [來生], next life
        shēngshēngbùxī, to grow and multiply without end
        shēngjībóbó, [生機勃勃], full of vitality
        shīshēng, [師生], teachers and students
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        shēnglǎobìngsǐ, lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die/fig. the fate of humankind ...
        chūshēngzhèng, [出生證], birth certificate/CL:張|张[zhāng]
        
        chūzhōngshēng, junior high student
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        fúyóushēngwù, plankton
        
        wèishēngjú, [衛生局], health office/bureau of hygiene
        shēngfā, [生發], to emerge and grow/to develop
        shēngpà, to fear/afraid/extremely nervous/for fear that/to avoid/so as not to
        
        jiāoshēngguànyǎng, [嬌生慣養], pampered and spoiled since childhood
        shēngmènqì, [生悶氣], to seethe/to sulk/to be pissed off (vulgar)
        shēngqìbóbó, [生氣勃勃], full of vitality
        yǎnshēng, to give rise to/to derive/derivative/derivation
        rěshìshēngfēi, variant of 惹是生非[rě shì shēng fēi]
        mínshēng, people's livelihood/people's welfare
        shēngshǒu, novice/new hand/sb new to a job
        hòushēng, [後生], young generation/youth/young man
        
        
        
        shēngjiù, to be born with/to be gifted with
        zuòshēngrì, to celebrate a birthday/to give a birthday party
        jiùshēngchuán, lifeboat
        
        huāshēngmǐ, shelled peanuts
        péngbìshēnghuī, [蓬蓽生輝], Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling/see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[péng bì shēn...
        
        shēngyǎng, [生養], to bring up (children)/to raise/to bear
        
线         shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
        jiùshēngquān, life buoy/life belt/(jocularly) flab/spare tire
        
        gòngshēng, symbiosis
        yíngshēng/yíngsheng, [營生], to earn a living, (coll.) job/work
        
        cóngshēng, [叢生], growing as a thicket/overgrown/breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disor...
        
        yuánshēng, original/primary/native/indigenous/proto-/stock (firmware)
        zhòngshēng, [眾生], all living things
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        jiùshēngfá, a life raft
        
        liǎowúshēngqù, [了無生趣], to lose all interest in life (idiom)
        yúnyúnzhòngshēng, [蕓蕓眾生], every living being (Buddhism)/the mass of common people
        shēngwùjiǎn, [生物鹼], alkaloid
        gǔshēngwùxuéjiā, [古生物學家], palaeontologist/paleobiologist
        shēngzǐ, to give birth to a child or children
        yóuránérshēng, arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous/to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
        shuāngshēng, [雙生], twin (attributive)/twins
        tánxiàofēngshēng, [談笑風生], to talk cheerfully and wittily/to joke together
        chāoshēng, to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy/to be reincarnated/to b...
        cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
        wúshìshēngfēi, [無事生非], to make trouble out of nothing
        
        sānshēngyǒuxìng, the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)/(courteous language) it's my good fortun...
        shēngchǎnzǒngzhí, [生產總值], gross domestic production (GDP)/total output value
        shēngwùzhōng, [生物鐘], biological clock
        shēngchǎnlì, [生產力], production capability/productive force/productivity
        qiánshēng, previous life/previous incarnation
        shēngzhǎngjīsù, [生長激素], growth hormone
        hǎoshēng, (dialect) very/quite/properly/well/thoroughly
        
        shēngxī, to inhabit/to live (in a habitat)
        shēnglísǐbié, [生離死別], separated in life and death/to part for ever
        liúxuéshēng, [留學生], student studying abroad/(foreign) exchange student/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
        yìngyùnérshēng, [應運而生], to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)/to arise at an opportune time/able ...
        shēngyijīng, [生意經], knack of doing business/business sense
        
        sùmèipíngshēng, to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted/a complete stranger/n...
        Xīnshēngdài/xīnshēngdài, Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years), new generation
        tānshēngpàsǐ, [貪生怕死], greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly/clinging abjectly ...
        méngshēng, to burgeon/to produce/to conceive/to be in the initial stage
        
        chùjǐngshēngqíng, [觸景生情], scene which recalls past memories (idiom)/evocative of the past/reminiscent/to a...
        shēngcái, [生財], to make money
        zēngshēng, growth (of organism)/proliferation/supernumerary candidate (in imperial examatio...
        shūshēng, [書生], scholar/intellectual/egghead
        bànshēngbùshóu, underripe/half-cooked/(fig.) not mastered (of a technique)/clumsy/halting
        ménshēng, [門生], disciple/student (of a famous master)
        
        qīngshēng, [輕生], a suicide/to commit suicide
        jiǔsǐyīshēng, nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape/new lease of life
        shēngwùjiè, biosphere/natural world
        
        shēngwùquān, biosphere/ecosphere
        
        xiěshēng, [寫生], to sketch from nature/to do a still life drawing
        
        jìshēngwù, parasite
        miàoqùhéngshēng, [妙趣橫生], endlessly interesting (idiom)/very witty
        shēngzhíxiàn, reproductive gland/gonad/sex organ
        shēngqín, to capture alive
        shēngchén, birthday
        shēngchū, to give birth/to grow (whiskers etc)/to generate/to produce
        pàishēng, to produce (from sth else)/to derive (from raw material)/derivative
        shēngténg, extremely painful
        shuǐshēng, aquatic (plant, animal)
        shēngyuán, supply of students/source of students
        
        
        rènshēng, [認生], shy with strangers
        gāocáishēng, student of great ability/talented student
        fēnzǐshēngwùxué, [分子生物學], molecular biology
        jiéwàishēngzhī, [節外生枝], a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
        yǎngshēng, [養生], to maintain good health/to raise a child or animal/curing (of concrete etc)
        
        tāishēng, viviparity/zoogony
        duōniánshēng, perennial (of plants)
        chángshēng, [長生], long life
        cuīshēng, to induce labor/to expedite childbirth
        wèishēngqiú, [衛生球], mothball
        Yìbǔshēng, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家
        juéchǔféngshēng, [絕處逢生], to come back from death's door (idiom); unexpected rescue from danger/fig. to re...
        shēnghuī, [生輝], to dazzle/to brighten up (a room etc)
        xiūyǎngshēngxī, [休養生息], to recover/to recuperate
        
        shēngshuǐ, unboiled water
        
        
        
        shēngtiě, [生鐵], pig iron
        
        shēngwùzhàn, [生物戰], germ warfare/biological warfare
        fāshēnglǜ, [發生率], rate of occurrence
        yǎnshēngwù, a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
        
        
        jiànxíshēng, [見習生], apprentice/probationer/cadet
        wēishēngwùxué, [微生物學], microbiology
        
        pàshēng, fear of strangers/to be afraid of strangers (of small children)
        
        
        
        
        jízhōngshēngzhì, quick witted in an emergency/able to react resourcefully
        
        kǎoshēng, exam candidate/student whose name has been put forward for an exam
        
        déyìménshēng, [得意門生], favorite pupil
        gǔshēngwù, paleo-organism
        yǎngshēngzhīdào, [養生之道], the way of maintaining good health
        mínbùliáoshēng, The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Histori...
        
        dúshēngzǐnǚ, [獨生子女], an only child
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        shēnglāyìngzhuài, to drag sb along against his will/to draw a forced analogy
        
        
        yuánshēngzhì, [原生質], protoplasm
        xiǎnxiànghuánshēng, [險象環生], dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
        lèjíshēngbēi, [樂極生悲], extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could stil...
        
        
        
        
        gǔshēngwùxué, [古生物學], palaeontology
        
        
        chìjiǎoyīshēng, [赤腳醫生], barefoot doctor/farmer with paramedical training (PRC)
        zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng, [置之死地而後生], place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "...
        
        
        
        shēngchǎnnénglì, [生產能力], manufacturing ability/production capacity
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        shēngxiào, one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]/animal fro...
        
        běnkēshēng, undergraduate student
        shēngpíjiǔ, draft beer/unpasteurized beer
        lǎoshēng, venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Ch...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        yōushēng, [優生], eugenics/outstanding student
        
        
        
        cìshēng, derivative/secondary/sub-
        shēngchǎnlǜ, [生產率], productivity/efficiency of production
        
        
        
        
        qīqiàoshēngyān, [七竅生煙], lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)/fig. to seethe with anger
        
        shēngtàixué, [生態學], ecology
        
        
        
        
        wàngérshēngwèi, intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring/terrifying/overwhelming
        Àidíshēng, Addison (name)/Addison, city in United States
        
        wèishēngfángyì, [衛生防疫], epidemic-prevention
        yōushēngxué, [優生學], eugenics
        zīshēng, to multiply/to breed
        
        
        
        shēngchǎnzhě, [生產者], producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc)/manufacturer/(biology) auto...
        
        
        
        yìyèshēng, [肄業生], dropout student
        shēngshíhuī, calcium oxide CaO/quicklime
        
        
        shēngcí, [生詞], new word (in textbook)/word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied/CL:組|组[zǔ],個|个...
        
        
        chūshēnglǜ, birthrate
        shēngyùlǜ, birth rate
        
        
        
        
        shēngsè, [生澀], unripe/tart/not fully proficient/somewhat shaky
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        cìshēnglín, secondary growth of forest
        shēngtàixuéjiā, [生態學家], ecologist
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        luòhuāshēng, peanut
        
        
        
        
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        shēngjīàngrán, [生機盎然], full of life/exuberant
        
        
        
        
        shēnglíngtútàn, [生靈塗炭], people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
        
        
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        shēngguāng, to emit light
        
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        shēngwùzhìpǐn, [生物製品], biological product
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        pàishēngcí, [派生詞], derivative word
        shēngyuán, [生員], scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
        
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宿         jìsùshēng, boarder
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        shēngtàiquān, [生態圈], ecosphere
        
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        biékāishēngmiàn, [別開生面], to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path/to break fresh ground
        
        
        
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        shēngbùféngshí, [生不逢時], born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)/born...
        
        
        
        
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        gōngdúshēng, [工讀生], student who also works part-time/(old) reform-school student
        HéngShēng, [恆生], Hang Seng (name)
        zàishēngchǎn, [再生產], producing a copy/to reproduce
        qīshēng, to cheat strangers/to bully strangers/(of domesticated animals) to be rebellious...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shēngxiān, [生鮮], fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
        
        shēngzào, to coin (words or expressions)
        
        
        
        shuòshìshēng, [碩士生], Master's degree student
        
        
        shēngyào, [生藥], unprocessed medicinal herb
        
        
        
        
        tóushēng, reborn (of departed spirit)/to be reincarnated/to leave home for a new life
        
        
        
        
        shēngfen, estranged
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        yìyì, [意義], sense/meaning/significance/importance/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhèngyì, [正義], justice/righteousness/just/righteous
        zhǔyì, [主義], -ism/ideology
        yìwù, [義務], duty/obligation/CL:項|项[xiàng]/volunteer (work etc)
        míngyì, [名義], name/titular/nominal/in name/ostensible purpose
        dìngyì, [定義], definition/to define
        hányì, [含義], meaning (implicit in a phrase)/implied meaning/hidden meaning/hint/connotation
        Yì/yì, [義], surname Yi/(Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yì dà lì], Italy, justice/righteousness/meanin...
        zhǒngzúzhǔyì, [種族主義], racism
        gòngchǎnzhǔyì, [共產主義], communism
        kǒngbùzhǔyì, [恐怖主義], terrorism
        jiàoyì, [教義], creed/doctrine/teachings
        qǐyì, [起義], uprising/insurrection/revolt
        réndàozhǔyì, [人道主義], humanism/humanitarian (aid)
        wàngēnfùyì, [忘恩負義], to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend/to kick a ...
        shèhuìzhǔyì, [社會主義], socialism
        zīběnzhǔyì, [資本主義], capitalism
        yìmài, [義賣], jumble sale (for good cause)/charity bazaar
        dàoyì, [道義], morality/righteousness and justice
        zìyóuzhǔyì, [自由主義], liberalism
        guānliáozhǔyì, [官僚主義], bureaucracy
        yìqì, [義氣], spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice/code of brotherhood/also pr. [yì qi]
        bèixìnqìyì, [背信棄義], breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray/treachery/perfidy
        dìguózhǔyì, [帝國主義], imperialism
        wúzhèngfǔzhǔyì, [無政府主義], anarchism
        Bōyìěr, [波義耳], Boyle (name)/Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer che...
        làngmànzhǔyì, [浪漫主義], romanticism
        
        
        hányì, [涵義], content/meaning/connotation/implication
        àiguózhǔyì, [愛國主義], patriotism
        yìwúfǎngù, [義無反顧], honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back/no ...
        yìyǎn, [義演], benefit performance/charity show
        lèguānzhǔyì, [樂觀主義], optimism
        
        shèhuìzhǔyìzhě, [社會主義者], socialist
        biǎnyì, [貶義], derogatory sense/negative connotation
        tóngyìcí, [同義詞], synonym
        
        
        gèrénzhǔyì, [個人主義], individualism
        
        yìbùróngcí, [義不容辭], not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)/incumbent/bounden (duty)
        jiànyìyǒngwéi, [見義勇為], to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up br...
        xiànshízhǔyì, [現實主義], realism
        rénzhìyìjìn, [仁至義盡], extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to dut...
        duànzhāngqǔyì, [斷章取義], to quote out of context (idiom)
        jīhuìzhǔyì, [機會主義], opportunism/pragmatism
        zhàngyì, [仗義], to uphold justice/to be loyal (to one's friends)/to stick by
        shìyì, [釋義], the meaning of sth/an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases/definition/...
        chāoxiànshízhǔyì, [超現實主義], surrealism
        tiānjīngdìyì, [天經地義], lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper/right and...
        bāoyì, [褒義], commendatory sense/positive connotation
        mínzhǔzhǔyì, [民主主義], democracy
        Mǎkèsīzhǔyì, [馬克思主義], Marxism
        yìgōng, [義工], volunteer worker/volunteer work
        shíyòngzhǔyì, [實用主義], pragmatism
        bùyìzhīcái, [不義之財], ill-gotten wealth or gains
        jiǎngyì, [講義], teaching materials
        qíyì, [歧義], ambiguity/several possible meanings
        
        
        yàoyì, [要義], the essentials
        qíngyì, [情義], affection/comradeship
        mínzúzhǔyì, [民族主義], nationalism/national self-determination/principle of nationalism, the first of D...
        fǎnyìcí, [反義詞], antonym
        xūwúzhǔyì, [虛無主義], nihilism
        
        Shùnyì, [順義], Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
        rényì/rényi, [仁義], benevolence and righteousness, affable and even-tempered
        wúqíngwúyì, [無情無義], completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
        
        Xìnyì/xìnyì, [信義], Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tái běi shì], Taiwan/Xinyi or Hs...
        gōngyì, [公義], righteousness
        cíyì, [詞義], meaning of a word
广         guǎngyì, [廣義], broad sense/general sense
        
        
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        tóngyì, [同義], synonymous
        jiùyì, [就義], to be killed for a righteous cause/to die a martyr
        fēnlièzhǔyì, [分裂主義], separatism
        zìránzhǔyì, [自然主義], naturalism (philosophy)
        jíquánzhǔyì, [極權主義], totalitarianism
        Yìdàlì, [義大利], Italy/Italian (Tw)
        xíngshìzhǔyì, [形式主義], Formalism (art)
        
        shāwénzhǔyì, [沙文主義], chauvinism
        yǔyì, [語義], meaning of words/semantic
        
        yìfù, [義父], adoptive father
        
        
        yǔyìxué, [語義學], semantics
        lìjǐzhǔyì, [利己主義], egoism
        
        xiūzhèngzhǔyì, [修正主義], revisionism
        yíyì, [疑義], a doubtful point
        dàyìlǐnrán, [大義凜然], devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
        xiáyì, [俠義], chivalrous/chivalry/knight-errantry
        jīngyànzhǔyì, [經驗主義], empiricism
        jìnyùzhǔyì, [禁慾主義], asceticism
        jìnyìwù, [盡義務], to fulfill one's duty/to work without asking for reward
        yìjūn, [義軍], volunteer army
        
        yìfèn, [義憤], righteous indignation/moral indignation
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        gōnglìzhǔyì, [功利主義], utilitarianism
        gùmíngsīyì, [顧名思義], as the name implies
        zhímínzhǔyì, [殖民主義], colonialism
        jiàotiáozhǔyì, [教條主義], dogmatism
        yìfèntiányīng, [義憤填膺], righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
        dàyìmièqīn, [大義滅親], to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family i...
        xiǎnglèzhǔyì, [享樂主義], hedonism
        zhōngyì, [忠義], loyal and righteous/fealty/loyalty
        yìnǚ, [義女], adopted daughter
        
        shēnmíngdàyì, [深明大義], to have a high notion of one's duty/to be highly principled
        yìyǒngjūn, [義勇軍], volunteer army
        yìshì, [義士], high-minded and righteous person/patriot/loyalist
        yánbùjíyì, [言不及義], to talk nonsense (idiom)/frivolous talk
        bǎoshǒuzhǔyì, [保守主義], conservatism
        yǎnyì, [演義], to dramatize historical events/novel or play on historical theme
        běnyì, [本義], original meaning/literal sense
        dàyì, [大義], righteousness/virtuous cause/a woman's marriage/main points of a piece of writin...
        wéiwùzhǔyì, [唯物主義], materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
        jūnguózhǔyì, [軍國主義], militarism
        
        
        
        bàijīnzhǔyì, [拜金主義], money worship
齿         yìchǐ, [義齒], artificial tooth
        yìzhī, [義肢], artificial limb/prosthesis
        yìxiàng, [義項], sense (of a word)
        yǐnshēnyì, [引申義], extended meaning (of an expression)/derived sense
        
        bǎohùzhǔyì, [保護主義], protectionism
        zhàngyìzhíyán, [仗義執言], to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
        shízhèngzhǔyì, [實證主義], positivism/empiricism
        
        Yìhétuán, [義和團], the Righteous and Harmonious Fists/the Boxers (history)
        màoxiǎnzhǔyì, [冒險主義], adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
        rénwénzhǔyì, [人文主義], humanism
        
        
        
        běnběnzhǔyì, [本本主義], book worship/bookishness
        
        nóngmínqǐyì, [農民起義], peasant revolt
        
        
        jítǐzhǔyì, [集體主義], collectivism
        
        
        guójìzhǔyì, [國際主義], internationalism
        
        
        
        yìzǐ, [義子], adopted son
        
        zìyì, [字義], meaning of a character
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        SānguóYǎnyì, [三國演義], Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luó Guàn zhōng], one of t...
        duōyìcí, [多義詞], polyseme/polysemous word
        Lièníngzhǔyì, [列寧主義], Leninism
        
        
        
        Sānmínzhǔyì, [三民主義], Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
        
        
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        zōngpàizhǔyì, [宗派主義], sectarianism
        yuányì, [原義], original meaning
        
        
        
        xiáyì, [狹義], narrow sense/restricted sense
        
        zhuǎnyì, [轉義], transferred meaning
        

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