Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu Turkoman confederation of eastern Iran (c. 1378-c. 1500)
Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
(falling or suspended) head downwards; headfirst; headlong
Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392
the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang
Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD
1. to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning2. overnight (train)
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
1. Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD2. one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百济[bǎi jì] and Koguryo 高句丽[gāo gōu lí] around 660 in alliance with Tang China3. unified Silla 658-935
to make a temple pilgrimage and burn incense
a pilgrimage to a holy mountain
1. (lit.) breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)2. (fig.) to do nothing but eat and drink
the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367–1422), reigned 1400–1418
1. hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet2. Korean letters
Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
talks on North Korea's nuclear program
1. Korea Strait2. Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392
Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不兴[cáo bù xīng], Gu Kaizhi 顾恺之[gù kǎi zhī], Lu Tanwei 陆探微[lù tàn wēi] and Zhang Sengyou 张僧繇[zhāng sēng yóu]
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger
朝鲜总督府 朝鮮總督府 cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
柬吴哥王朝 柬吳哥王朝 jiǎn wú gē wáng cháo Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
沙法维王朝 沙法維王朝 shā fǎ wéi wáng cháo Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wèi jìn nán běi cháo 1. Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties2. generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
历朝通俗演义 歷朝通俗演義 lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡东藩
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi 1. lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom)2. fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own people
阿契美尼德王朝 ā qì měi ní dé wáng cháo Achaemenid Dynasty, (559–330 BC), ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings ruled the Achaemenid Empire
面朝黄土背朝天 面朝黃土背朝天 miàn cháo huáng tǔ bèi cháo tiān face to the ground, back to the sky
养兵千日，用在一朝 養兵千日，用在一朝 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo 1. lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)2. fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng 1. (lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying)2. (fig.) once bitten, twice shy
朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
(literary) tomorrow (morning)