1. Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典[cí diǎn], which has entries for words of one or more characters)2. (coll.) dictionary
1. model2. example3. paragon
Athens, capital of Greece
1. canonical text2. treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
1. majestic pomp2. grand ceremony
1. classical story or quote from the literature2. the story behind sth
1. atypical pneumonia2. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome3. SARS
引经据典 引經據典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn HSK 7–9 1. lit. to quote the classics2. to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
1. ceremony2. collection of classical writings
to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics
1. Buddhist scriptures2. Buddhist classics
1. institution2. institutional
1. repository of items of cultural significance2. collection
1. wedding2. marriage celebration
1. old classics2. old customs3. cause
1. sacrificial ceremony2. religious festival
1. Buddhist doctrine2. sutras
1. important classic text2. severe laws
1. stereotype2. exemplar3. typification
1. walking dictionary2. well-informed person
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots