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HSK 5 - Hard
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朝

cháo

Definition

to face
facing
我的房子面朝大海。

My house faces the sea.
towards
朝北走。

Go towards the south.
imperial (or royal) court
government
dynasty
清朝

the Qing dynasty.
reign (of a sovereign or an emperor)
to make a pilgrimage (to)
assembly (held by a sovereign or a court)

Other pronunciations

zhāo

morning

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

tide; current; damp; moist; humid

to ridicule; to mock

see 嘲哳, (onom.) twitter; twittering sound

Related words (40)

dynasty; reign (of a king)

facing forwards

backwards; facing back

toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam)

to make a pilgrimage

to have an audience with the Emperor; to be presented at court; to look skyward; to look up

court; imperial household; dynasty

reception room for officials (in former times)

to worship; to make customary deferences to; a pilgrimage

court dress in former times

court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)

facing; advancing (towards)

laws and discipline of imperial court

court councilor

to have an audience (with the Emperor)

to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam)

to present tribute (to the emperor)

all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people

entrance portal (to a palace); propylaeum

to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun

cháo shèng zhě

pilgrim

cháo tiān jiāo

chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var)

cháo bài shèng shān

a pilgrimage to a holy mountain

to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)

bogus dynasty; pretender

the previous dynasty

successive dynasties; past dynasties; successive reigns of a dynasty

the current dynasty

the current imperial dynasty; one's own court

sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)

change of dynasties

the current dynasty

dynasty

the imperial court; the government in imperial times

to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune

tóu cháo xià

head down; upside down

dǐ cháo tiān

upside down; upturned

gǎi cháo huàn dài

transition period between dynasties; an interregnum

bǎi niǎo cháo fèng

(lit.) all birds paying looking up to the phoenix; fig. peace under a wise ruler

面朝黄土背朝天

miàn cháo huáng tǔ bèi cháo tiān

face to the ground, back to the sky

Idioms (5)

cháo shān jìn xiāng

to go on a pilgrimage and offer incense (idiom)

sì jiǎo cháo tiān

four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back

rè huǒ cháo tiān

in full swing (idiom); (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity

sù miàn cháo tiān

(lit.) to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 杨贵妃) (idiom); (fig.) (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup; to present oneself just as one is, without artifice

胳膊肘朝外拐

gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi

the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

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