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This character refers to mountains or hills. Mountains are of key importance to Chinese culture. Literati always acquire inspiration from mountains. Sometimes they se…
- wooden or bamboo slips
When used as a noun, this character refers to wooden or bamboo slips, the material used for writing in ancient China before the widespread use of paper. It also refer…
- Door
This character refers to a door or a gate. Sometimes it serves as an abstract concept representing a family or clan, such as zhu men, or vermilion gate, referring to …
- book
When used as a noun, this character refers to books, letters or script. When used as a verb, it refers to writing, the form of which has evolved from carving characte…
- ci poetry
This character usually refers to a word or a term. In terms of poetry, it refers to a form of verse with varying sentence lengths.
一叶叶,一声声,空阶滴到明
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- music
This character has two tones, lè and yuè. When it is pronounced as lè, it has a meaning of joy, pleasure or happiness. When pronounced as yu&egra…
- picture
This character has multiple meanings. When used as a noun, this character refers to a picture, painting or plan, such as lan tu, which refers to a blueprint, or di tu…
- Tang Dynasty
This character refers to the Tang Dynasty, which is regularly cited as a great imperial dynasty in ancient Chinese history. It was a golden age of reform and cultural…
- Yan
This character has two tones, yān and yàn. When it is pronounced as yān, it is the name of an ancient kingdom or a surname. When pronounced as yàn, it…