先秦 | xiān qín | pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC | |
秦腔 | qín qiāng | Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music; Shaanxi opera | |
后秦 | hòu qín | Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417) | |
前秦 | qián qín | Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395) | |
朝秦暮楚 | zhāo qín mù chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides |
1 | But what about the advice that the likes of Mr Qing needs as he struggles with his clattering plough - who helps supply that? | |
2 | "We think America has a lot of beautiful culture, " Qin said. "You have football and Broadway shows. | |
3 | Now Chin's team have created 256 blank four-letter codons that can be assigned to amino acids that don't even exist yet. | |
4 | During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man in the State of Qin whose name was Sun Yang. | |
5 | Jason Chin at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues have now redesigned the cell's machinery so that it reads the genetic code in quadruplets. |