Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
1. to break a record2. record-breaking
1. third period2. tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
1. fourth period2. quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
before the common era (BC)
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
人民英雄纪念碑 人民英雄紀念碑 rén mín yīng xióng jì niàn bēi Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square
吉尼斯世界纪录 吉尼斯世界紀錄 jí ní sī shì jiè jì lù Guinness World Records
纪录 紀錄 jì lù HSK 3 前 5000 名 最常用的 5,000 个词之一 variant of 记录[jì lù] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
(geology) the Holocene Epoch
Epoch Times, US newspaper
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
1. to be getting on in years2. an advanced age
to be getting on in years; to be of the older generation
final years of the century
pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago
Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
中正纪念堂 中正紀念堂 zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
亡兵纪念日 亡兵紀念日 wáng bīng jì niàn rì Memorial Day (American holiday)
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
Epoch Times, US newspaper
屈原纪念馆 屈原紀念館 qū yuán jì niàn guǎn Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭归县[zǐ guī xiàn], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
证券经纪人 證券經紀人 zhèng quàn jīng jì rén stockbroker
寒武纪大爆发 寒武紀大爆發 hán wǔ jì dà bào fā the Cambrian explosion
纪律检查委员会 紀律檢查委員會 jì lǜ jiǎn chá wěi yuán huì Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP
阵亡战士纪念日 陣亡戰士紀念日 zhèn wáng zhàn shì jì niàn rì Memorial Day (American holiday)
三大纪律八项注意 三大紀律八項注意 sān dà jì lǜ bā xiàng zhù yì the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
寒武纪生命大爆发 寒武紀生命大爆發 hán wǔ jì shēng mìng dà bào fā the Cambrian explosion
西藏百万农奴解放纪念日 西藏百萬農奴解放紀念日 xī zàng bǎi wàn nóng nú jiě fàng jì niàn rì Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
variant of 三叠纪[sān dié jì]
variant of 二叠纪[èr dié jì]