day 86emperors and dynasties

emperors and dynasties

Talk about emperors, dynasties and the ancient world: courts, palaces, ancestors and civilisation.

today’s words

• 朝代 cháodài · dynasty
• 皇帝 huángdì · emperor
• 国王 guówáng · king
• 王子 wángzǐ · prince
• 公主 gōngzhǔ · princess
• 大臣 dàchén · minister (of a king or emperor)
• 官 guān · official, officer
• 宫 gōng · palace
• 天下 tiānxià · the whole world, all under heaven
• 公元 gōngyuán · AD, the Common Era
• 古人 gǔrén · people of ancient times
• 后人 hòurén · later generations
• 后代 hòudài · descendants
• 祖先 zǔxiān · ancestors
• 文明 wénmíng · civilisation; civilised
• 原始 yuánshǐ · primitive, original
• 诞生 dànshēng · to be born, come into being
• 开创 kāichuàng · to found, pioneer
• 历经 lìjīng · to go through, undergo
• 势力 shìlì · power, influence (of a group)
• 跪 guì · to kneel

sentences

• 公元前二二一年，中国诞生了第一个皇帝。 · In 221 BC, China had its first emperor.
• 他开创了一个新的朝代。 · He founded a new dynasty.
• 那时候，各地的势力都在争夺天下，到处都很乱。 · Back then, rival powers everywhere were fighting for control of the land, and there was chaos everywhere.
• 我们的祖先把这些故事和技艺传给了后代。 · Our ancestors passed these stories and skills on to later generations.
• 看你累的，快坐下休息一会儿吧。 · Look how tired you are: sit down and rest a bit.