Words 1701–1800
改进
to improve; to make better; improvement
使
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
书写
to write
廉价
cheaply-priced; low-cost
毕昇
Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
活字印刷
printing with movable type
进一步
to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
加速
to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
知识
knowledge; intellectual
传播
to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
炼丹术
maker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills
副产品
by-product
彻底
thorough; thoroughly; complete
战争
war; conflict
形态
shape; form; pattern; morphology
远洋
distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast)
航海
to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage
史
history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
将
will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ))
纸
paper (CL:张 (zhāng),沓 (dá)); classifier for documents, letters etc
竹简
bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
写字
to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy
部
ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
竹
(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
片
thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; …
奏
to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
章
chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order
树皮
tree bark
麻布
sackcloth
渔网
fishing net
造
to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
属于
to belong to; to fall under (a category)
贵族
lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
活字
movable type
胶泥
clay
印
to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image
版
a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
本来
original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
道士
Daoist priest
炼
to refine; to smelt
求
to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
长生
long life
致命
fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
司南
ancient Chinese compass
勺子
spoon; ladle
样
manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type
传
to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
欧洲
Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲 (ŌuluóbāZhōu))
推动
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
变革
to transform; to change
六月
June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
所
actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive
Particle
关键
crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal
社会
society
让路
to make way (for sth)
工地
construction site
必须
must; to have to
停工
to stop work; to shut down; to stop production
以免
in order to avoid; so as not to
影响
influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb
交通警察
traffic police
车辆
vehicle
开路
to open up a path; to make one's way through; to construct a road; (electricity) open circuit
规定
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
不许
not to allow; must not; can't
按
to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
喇叭
horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 锁呐 (suǒnà)
敢
to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
伞
umbrella; parasol; damask silk
沉默
taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
支持
to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by
认为
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
公平
fair; impartial
出生
to be born
农村
rural area; village
分数
(exam) grade; mark; score; fraction
面前
in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
人人
everyone; every person
平等
equal; equality
反对
to oppose; to be against; to object to
一生
all one's life; throughout one's life
思考
to reflect on; to ponder over
看法
way of looking at a thing; view; opinion
有道理
to make sense; reasonable
同意
to agree; to consent; to approve
独生子女
an only child
一代
an era; an age; a generation
世纪
century
年代
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
实行
to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
独生子女政策
one-child policy
因此
thus; consequently; as a result
全部
whole; all
关注
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
资源
natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
外人
outsider; foreigner; stranger
常
always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
宠坏
to spoil (a child etc)
自私
selfish; selfishness