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晚间秀 wǎn jiān xiù Late
迟迟 chí chí late (with a task etc) / slow
迟了 chí le late
晚点 wǎn diǎn (of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner
已故 yǐ gù the late / deceased
误点 wù diǎn not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed
晚近 wǎn jìn most recent in the past / recent / late / recently
晚 wǎn evening / night / late
迟 chí late / delayed / slow
阑 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late
晏 yàn late / quiet
迟慢 chí màn slow / late
江湖 Jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld
先后 xiān hòu early or late / priority / in succession / one after another
来不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
后期 hòu qī late stage / later period
不及 bù jí to fall short of / not as good as / too late
教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
深夜 shēn yè very late at night
迟到 chí dào to arrive late
启蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife
深秋 shēn qiū late autumn
熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
特别行政区 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 / and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
无厘头 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
清末 Qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing
袁绍 Yuán Shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
先人 xiān rén ancestors / previous generations / my late father
小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
明末 Míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century
袁世凯 Yuán Shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
月末 yuè mò end of month / late in the month
误诊 wù zhěn to misdiagnose / to be late in giving medical treatment
滞纳金 zhì nà jīn overdue fine / late fine
晚清 wǎn Qīng the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China
佛爷 Fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
姗姗来迟 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night
半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night
亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
反清 fǎn Qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
张角 Zhāng Jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
西学 Xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动
先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father
王世充 Wáng Shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
黄巢 Huáng Cháo Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
闯王 Chuǎng Wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 / (1605-1645)
张之洞 Zhāng Zhī dòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
赶早 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
张宝 Zhāng Bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
晚育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later age
郑玄 Zhèng Xuán Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
误工 wù gōng to delay one's work / to be late for or absent from work / loss of working time
顾炎武 Gù Yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
风烛残年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
赶不及 gǎn bù jí not enough time (to do sth) / too late (to do sth)
李渔 Lǐ Yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
李贽 Lǐ Zhì Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
格致 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
夜阑人静 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
生米煮成熟饭 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
冯梦龙 Féng Mèng lóng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1]
末流 mò liú late degenerate stage
开夜车 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
洋务派 yáng wù pài the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
威海卫 Wēi hǎi wèi Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
张岱 Zhāng Dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
着忙 zháo máng to rush / in a hurry / to worry about being late
过时不候 guò shí bù hòu being late is not acceptable (idiom)
夜阑珊 yè lán shān late at night
肝 gān liver / CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4] / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy
夤 yín late at night
后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event.
早出晚归 zǎo chū wǎn guī to leave early and return late (idiom)
晚半天儿 wǎn ban tiān r late afternoon
放马后炮 fàng mǎ hòu pào to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom) / to act too late to be effective
生米做成熟饭 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
临渴穿井 lín kě chuān jǐng lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom) / fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
黄巢起义 Huáng Cháo qǐ yì Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao
黑天半夜 hēi tiān bàn yè lit. the black sky of midnight / very late at night (idiom)
为时已晚 wéi shí yǐ wǎn already too late
布鲁图斯 Bù lǔ tú sī Brutus (name) / Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), late Roman Republic politician who conspired against Julius Caesar / Lucius Junius Brutus (6th c. BC), founder of the Roman Republic
时至今日 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
追悔莫及 zhuī huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event.
陈仁锡 Chén Rén xī Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
布鲁特斯 Bù lǔ tè sī Brutus (name) / Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), late Roman Republic politician who conspired against Julius Caesar / Lucius Junius Brutus (6th c. BC), founder of the Roman Republic
董卓 Dǒng Zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布
魏忠贤 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
三侠五义 Sān xiá wǔ yì Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 / master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
九尾龟 jiǔ wěi guī nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
二十年目睹之怪现状 Er4 shí Nián Mù dǔ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàng The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]
元末明初 Yuán mò Míng chū late Yuan and early Ming / mid 14th century
先皇 xiān Huáng the late Emperor
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