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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1商鞅 商鞅 shāng yāngShang1 Yang1Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦国 , whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝
2商鞅变法 商鞅變法 shāng yāng biàn Shang1 Yang1 bian4 fa3Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
3 yāngyang1martingale (leather strap in horse harness); discontented
4鞅断车停 鞅斷車停 yāng duàn chē tíngyang1 duan4 che1 ting2The halter broke and the carriage stopped. (idiom)
5鞅掌 鞅掌 yāng zhǎngyang1 zhang3busy; bustling
6鞅掌无宁 鞅掌無寧 yāng zhǎng níngyang1 zhang3 wu2 ning2harassed without rest; so busy as to have no leisure to tidy oneself up (idiom)
7逸尘断鞅 逸塵斷鞅 chén duàn yāngyi4 chen2 duan4 yang1lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness; fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)