"Pre-Han" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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先汉 xiān Hàn pre-Han / China before to 200 BC
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]
籀 zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud)
洛阳 Luò yáng Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
司马 Sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
金陵 Jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
六家 liù jiā Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])
籀文 zhòu wén seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
籀书 zhòu shū seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
法学家 fǎ xué jiā jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school
洛阳市 Luò yáng shì Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
句骊河 Jù lí Hé pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
富国强兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
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