day 88emperors and dynasties

emperors and dynasties

Talk about emperors, dynasties and the rise and fall of empires, and say “easier said than done” with 谈何…….

today’s words

• 帝国 dìguó · empire
• 王朝 wángcháo · dynasty
• 王国 wángguó · kingdom, realm
• 皇宫 huánggōng · imperial palace
• 皇后 huánghòu · empress
• 皇上 huángshang · Your Majesty, the emperor (spoken, old)
• 皇室 huángshì · imperial family, royal family
• 宫廷 gōngtíng · the (imperial) court
• 贵族 guìzú · nobility, aristocrat
• 官吏 guānlì · officials (of old)
• 功臣 gōngchén · hero of a success; meritorious official
• 状元 zhuàngyuan · top scorer in the imperial exam; top scorer
• 商贾 shānggǔ · merchants (written)
• 奴隶 núlì · slave
• 庄园 zhuāngyuán · manor, estate
• 封建 fēngjiàn · feudal; feudalism
• 统治 tǒngzhì · to rule, govern
• 历代 lìdài · successive dynasties, past generations
• 世代 shìdài · for generations
• 后世 hòushì · later generations, posterity
• 中叶 zhōngyè · the middle (of a dynasty or century)
• 长征 chángzhēng · long march; long journey
• 废墟 fèixū · ruins
• 浩劫 hàojié · catastrophe, great disaster
• 灭亡 mièwáng · to perish, be destroyed (of a state)
• 推翻 tuīfān · to overthrow; overturn (a view)
• 打倒 dǎdǎo · to knock down, defeat
• 瓜分 guāfēn · to carve up, divide up
• 征服 zhēngfú · to conquer
• 征 zhēng · to go on a campaign; levy, recruit
• 凯旋 kǎixuán · to return in triumph
• 烈士 lièshì · martyr, someone who died for a cause
• 壮烈 zhuàngliè · heroic (death, deed)
• 勋章 xūnzhāng · medal, decoration
• 牺牲 xīshēng · to sacrifice, give up (one’s life, time)

sentences

• 三千年的历史放进一个展览？谈何容易！ · Three thousand years of history in one exhibition? Easier said than done!
• 一个人推翻一个王朝？谈何容易。 · One person overthrowing a dynasty? Hardly.
• 幸亏有陈教授帮忙，不然我们真不知道从哪儿开始。 · Luckily Professor Chen is helping: otherwise we wouldn’t know where to start.
• 这个王朝统治了三百年，最后灭亡了。 · This dynasty ruled for three hundred years, then it fell.
• 他家世代住在这个村子里。 · His family has lived in this village for generations.