1. general history of a county2. county annals
1. signal2. sign (traffic control etc)
1. to pay respects to the dead2. to mark sb's passing
1. lofty ambition2. lofty aspiration
1. far-reaching ambition2. lofty ideal3. milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed by Chen Shou 陈寿[chén shòu] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晋朝[jìn cháo], 65 scrolls
Shangzhi, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈尔滨市[hā ěr bīn shì], Heilongjiang
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
Zhidan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[yán ān shì], Shaanxi
1. Silurian system (geology)2. see 志留纪
Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
Li Hongzhi (1951–), founder of Falun Gong 法轮功[fǎ lún gōng]
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut
Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player
Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics
1. poor and with low expectations2. poverty stunts ambition
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
1. lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)2. fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
1. fully content with one's achievements (idiom)2. complacent
(idiom) person committed to a noble cause or ideal
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
1. to be delirious2. to be mentally confused
to be in a state of delirium
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄[pú sōng líng]
中国人民志愿军 中國人民志願軍 zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
德意志民主共和国 德意志民主共和國 dé yì zhì mín zhǔ gòng hé guó German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
德意志联邦共和国 德意志聯邦共和國 dé yì zhì lián bāng gòng hé guó 1. Federal Republic of Germany2. former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì 1. lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)2. fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
to write about mysterious or supernatural things
to demonstrate one's sincere convictions