# Speaking Chinese About China 1 - Lesson 04
# Published by Sinolingua, 1989 - ISBN 7800520986
# Version 1.0
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
子孙 [zǐsūn] /descendents/
部落 [buluò] /tribe/
领袖 [lǐngxiù] /leader, chieftain/
联合 [liánhé] /to unite/
定居 [dìngjū] /to settle down, to reside permanently/
形成 [xíngchéng] /to form/
出现 [chūxiàn] /to appear/
政权 [zhèngquán] /political power, regime/
建立 [jiànlì] /to establish/
关于 [guānyú] /about, concerning/
被 [bèi] /indicator of the passive voice/
灭掉 [mièdiào] /to eliminate/
文字 [wénzì] /written language/
当时 [dāngshí] /at that time/
技术 [jìshù] /technique/
统治者 [tǒngzhìzhě] /ruler/
统治 [tǒngzhì] /to rule/
…者 [...zhě] /agent of an action, -er/
残暴 [cánbào] /cruel, ruthless/
反对 [fǎnduì] /to oppose/
灭亡 [mièwáng] /to be destroyed/
为了 [wèile] /in order to/
巩固 [gǒnggù] /to consolidate; solid, stable/
分给 [fēngěi] /to distribute/
分 [fēn] /to divide/
贵族 [guìzú] /noble, nobility, aristocrat/
诸侯 [zhūhóu] /vassal/
搬 [bān] /to move/
妻子 [qīzi] /wife/
点(起) [diǎn(qǐ)] /to light/
烽火 [fēnghuǒ] /beacon-fire/
火 [huǒ] /fire/
以为 [yǐwéi] /to think, to believe/
敌人 [dírén] /enemy/
兵 [bīng] /soldier/
果然 [guǒrán] /sure enough/
结果 [jiéguǒ] /consequently; result/
杀 [shā] /to kill/
破坏 [pòhuài] /to destroy; damage/
只好 [zhǐhǎo] /to be forced to, to have to/
时期 [shíqī] /period/
弱 [ruò] /weak/
势力 [shìlì] /force, power/
互相 [hùxiāng] /mutual, each other/
争权夺利 [zhēngquánduólì] /scramble for power and profit/
剩下 [shèngxia] /to be left/
打仗 [dǎzhàng] /to fight a battle/
变化 [biànhuà] /change; to change/
思想 [sīxiǎng] /thought, idea, ideology/
活跃 [huóyuè] /active, lively/
…家 [...jiā] /a specialist in a certain field/
哲学 [zhéxué] /philosophy/
教育 [jiàoyù] /education; to educate/
产生 [chǎnshēng] /to come into being, to produce/
统一 [tǒngyī] /to unify; uniform/
中央 [zhōngyāng] /center/
集权 [jíquán] /concentration of political power/
促进 [cùjìn] /to promote/
达到 [dádào] /to reach/
修 [xiū] /to fix, to repair/
死 [sǐ] /to die/
皇帝 [huángdì] /emperor/
与其…不如… [yǔqí...bùrú...] /it's better ... than/
饿 [è] /hungry; to cause hunger/
饿死 [èsǐ] /to die of hunger/
造反 [zàofǎn] /to rebel/
于是 [yúshì] /therefore/
起义 [qǐyì] /uprising; to revolt/
爆发 [bàofā] /to break out/
黄帝 [Huángdì] /the Yellow Emporer/
炎帝 [Yándì] /Emporer Yan/
中华民族 [Zhōnghuá Mínzú] /the Chinese nation/
尧 [Yáo] /Yao/
舜 [Shùn] /Shun/
寓 [Yǔ] /Yu/
夏朝 [Xià Cháo] /the Xia Dynasty/
商朝 [Shāng Cháo] /the Shang Dynasty/
周朝 [Zhōu Cháo] /the Zhou Dynasty/
东周 [Dōng Zhōu] /the Eastern Zhou Dynasty/
西周 [Xī Zhōu] /the Western Zhou Dynasty/
洛阳 [Luòyáng] /Luoyang/
周幽王 [Zhōu Yōuwáng] /King You of Zhou Dynasty/
褒姒 [Bāosì] /Baosi/
春秋 [Chūnqiū] /the Spring and Autumn Period/
战国 [Zhànguó] /the Warring States Period/
孔子 [Kǒngzǐ] /Confucius/
秦始皇 [Qín Shǐhuáng] /the First Emporer of the Qin Dynasty/
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