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 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
西 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
 Sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
 Tǔ bō Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1]
 tè shè ad hoc / to set up specially
 Fǎ lán kè the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
 Zī zhì Tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
 fǎn zhèng disproof / rebuttal / reductio ad absurdum
 fǎn zhèng fǎ reductio ad absurdum
 Sān guó Yǎn yì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
 Tǔ yù hún Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] / a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD
 Xīn luó Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935
 Zhōng guó Háng hǎi rì Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] in 1405 AD
 Tǔ bō Wáng cháo Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD
 sì shí èr zhāng jīng The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)
 Ní yǎ Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
 Xīn luó Wáng cháo Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935
 Dōng Hàn mò the last years of Eastern Han / the breakup of the Han dynasty around 200 AD
 Dōng Hàn mò nián the last years of Eastern Han / the breakup of the Han dynasty around 200 AD
 guī miù fǎ reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
 Hàn sì jùn four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
 Jiān tuó luó Gandhara Kingdom in northwest India, c. 600 BC-11 AD, on Kabul River in Vale of Peshawar
 Suí mò last years of the Sui dynasty / early 7th century AD
 Nàn jīng Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经[Huang2 di4 Ba1 shi2 yi1 Nan4 jing1]
 Huáng dì Bā shí yī Nàn jīng The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
 Qiū cí ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
 cóng jià shuì ad valorem tariff
 Lóng kān Shǒu jiàn Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
 Yù piān Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD
 Zì lín Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
  Ad Hoc Working Group on the UNDP funding strategy
  Ministerial Meeting of the Ad hoc Special Conference on Liberia
  Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations
13条  Ad Hoc Group on Article 13
  Ad hoc Meeting on Global Energy Efficiency
  Ad Hoc Committee on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations
  Ad Hoc Working Group on the revitalization of the General Assembly
  subpoena ad testificandum
 yī shěn fǎ guān judge ad quo
  Ad Hoc Commission on the Purification of the Armed Forces
  Ad Hoc Expert Group on International Contract Practices
  Ad Hoc Expert Group on the New International Economic Order
  Ad Hoc Inter-agency Working Group on Demographic Estimates and Projections
  ad hoc expert group
 shàng sù fǎ guān judge ad quem
屿  Ad Hoc Consultative Group of Developing Island States
  Ad Hoc Steering Group
 sù zhū zhàn zhēng quán jus ad bellum
  Ad Hoc Group of Scientific Experts
  Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Group on Finance
  Ad Hoc Expert Group on Electronic Data Interchange
  ad hoc expert group on vulnerability indices
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Reporting
  Ad hoc Working Group on Direct Mail Fund-Raising
  Ad Hoc Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of OAS
  Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Burundi
  Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards / Ad Hoc Com
 shěn àn fǎ guān ad litem judge
  Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Group of Port Experts
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Comparative Experience with Privatization
  Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Financing Engineering
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Expansion of Trading Opportunities for Developing Countries
 zhōng zhǐ rì qī dies ad quem
  ad hoc planning group on Iraq
  Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics
  Ad Hoc Meeting of Senior Government Officials Expert in Environmental Law
  Technical Ad Hoc Border Committee
  Ad Hoc Committee of Heads of State and Government
  Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change
  Ad hoc Meeting on the Questionnaire on Selected Energy Issues
  Ad Hoc Review Meeting on Copper
  Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the United Nations Funding Strategy
  Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Occupied Territories
  Ad Hoc Panel of Specialists on Scientific and Technological Information Systems for Development
  Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal for Crimes Committed in East Timor
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa
  United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Task Force on Tobacco Control
  ad hoc electoral district
  Ad hoc expert group on Confidence-building Measures in Outer Space
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Conversion of Military Capacities to Civilian Uses
  ad hoc meeting on housing aspects
  Ad Hoc Panel of Specialists on Long-Term Perspectives on Science and Technology for Development
  ad hoc member
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Strategic Directions and Efficiency
  OAU Ad Hoc Mediation Committee
  Ad Hoc Advisory Committee for Polio Eradication
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Financing for Development
  Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau
  Ad Hoc Inter-sessional Working Group on Sectoral Issues
  ad interim
  Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate
  Ad Hoc Working Group on Trade Efficiency
  Ad Hoc Standing Committee of Heads of State on the Question of Southern Africa
  Ad hoc Meeting on Environment and Economics
  Ad Hoc Subgroup on Forests
  ad hoc meeting on urban planning aspects
  Ad hoc Meeting on New and Renewable Sources of Energy
  Ad Hoc Sub-Committee on Namibia
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