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China Vocab
China Vocab Derek Arbues
Term | Definition |
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Subtle | Delicate/ finely detailed. |
Minimize | To reduce to as little or as few as possible. |
Retain | To keep or hold on to. |
Define | To state the meaning of. |
Alter | To change. |
Compound | Combination of different chemical ingredients. |
Tang Taizong | Was a military leader. |
Bureaucracy. | Is a system with a lot of departments and bureaus. |
Empress Wu | She was the first Emperor that was a female. |
Li Bo | Was a famous poet. |
Scholar Officials | Was a highly educated civil servants who entered government only after passing special examinations. |
Merit System | Is a process of hiring and promoting people based on talent and skills rather than wealth or social status. |
Urbanization | Means growth of cities. |
Nirvana | Means a state of complete peace. |
Wuzong | Was a devoted daoist, and was hating the sight of buddhist. |
Zhu Xi | Was the most famous Neo Confucian thinker. |
Land Tenure | Means the way land is owned and distributed in a region. |
Literacy | Or the ability to read and write. |
Money Economy | Means which people use currency rather than barter to buy and sell goods. |
Porcelain | Means a hard white pottery of extremely fine equality. |