Words 1601–1700
昂贵
expensive; costly
据说
it is said that; reportedly
黄金
gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
价
price; value; (chemistry) valence
丝
silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
沿途
along the sides of the road; by the wayside
兴起
to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
敦煌
Dunhuang, a county-level city in Jiuquan City 酒泉市 (JiǔquánShì), Gansu
撒马尔罕
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
莫高窟
Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
保存
to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
千年
millennium
壁画
mural (painting); fresco
服装
dress; clothing; costume; clothes
一带一路
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese infrastructure and investment strategy launched in 2013
来自
to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
古道
ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
科举
imperial examination
选拔
to select the best
官员
official (in an organization or government); administrator
制度
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
隋朝
Sui dynasty (581-617)
前后
around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
延续
to continue; to go on; to last
通过
to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
层层
layer upon layer
考生
exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam
经书
classic books in Confucianism; scriptures; sutras
诗文
poetry and literature
行政
administration; (attributive) administrative; executive
判断
to judge; to determine; judgment
接受
to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
考验
to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
理论
theory; to argue; to take notice of
即使
even if; even though
贫寒
poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
读书人
scholar; intellectual
命运
fate; destiny
现实
reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
备考
to prepare for an exam; (of an appendix, note etc) for reference
成本
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
高昂
to hold (one's head) high; expensive; high (spirits etc)
一辈子
(for) a lifetime
研读
to study attentively (a book); to delve into
始终
from beginning to end; all along
学而优则仕
one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
现代
modern times; modern age; modern era
高考
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (PǔtōngGāoděngXuéxiàoZhāoshēngQuánguóTǒngyīKǎoshì)); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试)
视为
to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
分
to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēnjú)); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); …
好几
several; quite a few
级
level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level
县
county; (Japan) prefecture
考
to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam; to check; to verify; to examine; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
京城
capital of a country
低
low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
一级
first class; category A
童
child
试
to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
考中
to pass an exam
称为
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
秀才
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
乡试
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
会试
metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
皇帝
emperor
亲自
personally; in person; oneself
主持
to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
殿试
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
名叫
called; named
状元
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 (gāokǎo); (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
天下
land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
考场
exam room
间
between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
屋子
house; room
那么
like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
几天
several days
夜
night
吃住
food and lodging; to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
其中
among; in; included among these
作弊
to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices
进场
to enter the venue; to enter the arena; (aviation) to approach the airfield; (investing) to get into the market
搜身
to do a body search; to frisk
抄写
to copy; to transcribe
夹层
hollow layer between two solid layers; (architecture) mezzanine
笔杆
the shaft of a pen or writing brush; (metonym) pen (as in 耍笔杆 (shuǎbǐgǎn) and 摇笔杆 (yáobǐgǎn))
头发
hair (on the head)
儒林外史
The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓 (WúJìngzǐ)
范
pattern; model; example
中举
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
疯
insane; mad; wild
四大发明
the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China)
造纸术
papermaking process
印刷术
printing; printing technology
火药
gunpowder
指南针
compass
发明
to invent; an invention
深刻
profound; deep; deep-going
世界
world
东汉
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
蔡伦
Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process