清朝
Qīng cháo
Pinyin

Definition

清朝
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Qīng cháo
  1. Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

朝
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
清
Qīng
  1. 1 Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)
  2. 2 surname Qing
清仓
qīng cāng
  1. 1 to take an inventory of stock
  2. 2 to clear out one's stock
清新
Qīng xīn
  1. 1 Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong
清早
qīng zǎo
  1. 1 first thing in the morning
  2. 2 at daybreak

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible

Sample Sentences

传说中，清朝山海关的守将吴三桂，因为陈圆圆被势力庞大的土匪抢走而打开城门让清军入关，最后造成了明朝的灭亡。
chuánshuō zhōng ，Qīngcháo shānhǎiguān de shǒu jiāng Wú sānguì ，yīnwèi Chén Yuányuan bèi shìlì pángdà de tǔfěi qiāngzǒu ér dǎkāi chéng mén ràng qīngjūn rù guān ，zuìhòu zàochéng le Míngcháo de mièwáng 。
Legend has it that the general Wu San Gui,who guarded the gate to the Shanhai Pass, let the Manchurians through the pass. This was because Chen Yuanyuan was kidnaped by a powerful bandit. This eventually led to the end of the Ming dynasty.
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你还记得吗？僵尸穿的都是清朝的官服，头上还戴官帽，一跳一跳的，其实也怪吓人的。
nǐ hái jìde ma ？jiāngshī chuānde dōu shì Qīngcháo de guānfú ，tóu shàng hái dài guānmào ，yī tiào yī tiào de ，qíshí yě guài xiàrén de 。
Do you remember? Zombies always wear garments normally worn by officials in the Qing dynasty, as well as a Chinese official's hat, the sight of them jumping up and down like that is actually quite scary.
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好像清朝出过秀才。不过，没什么名气。我们这代也不太在乎了，我爷爷是很重视的。
hǎoxiàng Qīngcháo chū guo xiùcai 。bùguò ，méi shénme míngqì 。wǒmen zhè dài yě bù tài zàihu le ，wǒ yéye shì hěn zhòngshì de 。
I think in the Qing Dynasty there was someone who passed the imperial examination. However, he wasn't really famous. The present generation of our family doesn't really care about it so much. My grandfather really pays attention to it.
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因为那个时候有人开始写僵尸小说，而且大受欢迎。搞得后来大家都觉得僵尸是清朝人。
yīnwèi nàge shíhou yǒu rén kāishǐ xiě jiāngshī xiǎoshuō ，érqiě dà shòu huānyíng 。gǎo de hòulái dàjiā dōu juéde jiāngshī shì Qīngcháo rén 。
Because at that time, people started writing zombie novels. And they were really popular! So later on, everyone always felt that zombies should be from the Qing era.
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啊？太扯了吧！那为什么他们都穿清朝衣服呢？
ǎ ？tài chě le ba ！nà wèishénme tāmen dōu chuān Qīngcháo yīfu ne ？
Huh? That's too far out! Then why are they wearing Qing dynasty clothing?
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什么？！难道...... 难道我们回到清朝了......？完了，完了，全完了！
shénme ？！nándào ...... nándào wǒmen huídào Qīngcháo le ......？wán le ，wán le ，quán wán le ！
What? Can it be? No...there's no way we've gone back to the Qing Dynasty, is there? We're doomed! All is lost!
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