Chinese Vol 4 Lesson 18 (Chinese history)

文明

wénmíng - civilization; civilized

之

zhī - possessive particle/ literary equivalent of 的

文字

wén zì - characters /written form of a language

记载

jì zǎi - to put down in writing; to record; record; account

参观

，cān guān - to visit/ look around

其中

，qí zhōng - among/ included in these

部分

，bù fen - section/ part

朝代

cháo dài - dynasty

伟大

wěi dà - great/ mighty/ magnificent

思想

sīxiǎng - thinking; ideology; thoughts

展厅

zhǎn tīng - exhibition hall; gallery

皇帝

huáng dì - emperor

统一，

tǒng yī - to unify; to unite; unified; centralized

贡献，

gòng xiàn - to contribute / to dedicate / to devote / contribution

修

xiū - to build/ repair/ fix

杀

shā - to kill

烧，

shāo - to burn; to set fire to; to cook

宫殿

gōng diàn - palace

坟墓

fén mù - grave; tomb

兵马俑

bīng mǎ yǒng - terracotta warriors and horses

发展

fā zhǎn - to develop/ development

丝绸

，sī chóu - silk; silk fabric

关系

guān xì - relation/ relationship/ connection

进行

jìn xíng - to carry out/ to conduct

贸易

màoyì - trade/ to trade

诗

shī - poetry; poem

诗人

，shī rén - poet

发达

fā dá - developed (country etc); flourishing; to develop

技术

jì shù - technology/ technique

曾经

，céng jīng - once/ at some time in the past

先进

，xiān jìn - advanced

发明

，fā míng - to invent invention

造纸

zào zhǐ - to make paper

火药

，huǒ yào - gunpowder

指南针

zhǐ nán zhēn - compass

活字印刷

huó zì yìn shuā - moveable-type printing; letterpress printing

领导

lǐng dǎo - to lead/ leader/ leadership

革命

，gé mìng - revolution

建立

jiàn lì - to build; to establish

孔子

Kǒngzǐ - Confucius

秦朝

，Qíncháo - Qin Dynasty

秦始皇

，Qínshǐhuáng - First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty

汉朝

，Hàncháo - Han Dynasty

西方

，xī fāng - the West

唐朝

，Tángcháo - Tang Dynasty

李白

，Lǐ Bái - a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

宋朝

Sòngcháo - Song Dynasty

清朝

Qīngcháo - Qing Dynasty

孙中山

，Sūn Zhōngshān - Sun Yat-sen

中华民国

Zhōnghuá Mín'guó - Republic of China