| 单词 | middle kingdom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMiddle Kingdom Middle Kingdom n. (a) Chinese History. [after Chinese Zhōngguó central state ( < zhōng centre, middle + guó country, state, nation), originally the name given to the imperial state, in contrast to the dependencies surrounding it; (also) from 1911, after Chinese Zhōnghuá ( < zhōng + huá magnificent; best part; corona) part of the official name of the People's Republic of China, and conventionally translated as ‘China’] , China (with reference to the centrality of China's position in the world, as perceived by its inhabitants); (b) Egyptian History the period of the eleventh to the thirteenth dynasties of ancient Egypt, from the 21st to the 17th centuries b.c. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [noun] > China Middle Kingdom1662 Middle Empire1698 Cathay1744 the Celestial Empire1824 Flowery Land1847 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > in ancient Egypt Middle Kingdom1890 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 215 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Chineses themselves give it the name of Chunghoa, or Chungque, whereof the former signifies the Middle Kingdom [Fr. le Royaume du milieu (1659)]. 1848 S. W. Williams (title) The Middle Kingdom: a survey..of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants. 1883 Standard 6 Apr. 5/2 The Middle Kingdom has forwarded the..articles. 1890 F. L. Griffith Antiquities Tell el Yahûdîyeh 39/1 The earliest dateable antiquities from Tell el Yahûdîyeh are of the middle kingdom. 1969 V. G. Kiernan Lords of Human Kind v. 150 That China was the Middle Kingdom, the one truly civilized realm, was..an axiom to its inhabitants. 1971 J. R. Harris Legacy of Egypt (ed. 2) 3 Pieces of Middle Kingdom jewellery were reproduced at Byblos in the second millennium b.c. 1997 Economist 1 Feb. 15/2 China is the best illustration, but is only one of many. Officials, ministers, chancellors, presidents are flocking to the Middle Kingdom to press the flesh..and sign the export contracts. < as lemmas |
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