‘Qín shī’ literally means ‘qin master’ or ‘

‘琴谱’ (qín pǔ) is a compound noun meaning 'gu

‘琴声’ literally means ‘qin sound’ — the soft

The guqin (gǔ qín) is a traditional Chinese seve

‘奖项’ (jiǎng xiàng) is a compound noun meanin

‘奖状’ (jiǎng zhuàng) literally combines 奖 (j

奖金 (jiǎng jīn) literally combines 奖 (jiǎng),

牌照 literally means 'sign + illumination'—a hist

‘麻将牌’ (májiāng pái) literally means ‘mahj

碑牌 (bēi pái) refers to a commemorative stone t

‘门牌’ (mén pái) literally means ‘door sign’

招牌 literally combines 招 (zhāo, 'to attract' or

路牌 (lù pái) literally combines 路 (lù), meani

‘Yǎngfù’ literally combines 养 (yǎng), meanin

父系 (fùxì) literally means 'father’s line'—it

‘父辈’ literally combines ‘父’ (fù), meaning

祖父 (zǔfù) means 'grandfather' specifically on

父亲 (fùqīn) is the standard, formal term for 'f

‘明争暗斗’ literally means 'open contention and

‘竞争’ (jìng zhēng) is a compound noun meaning

争论 (zhēng lùn) is a compound word meaning 'arg

熟睡 literally combines 熟 (shú), meaning 'thorou

熟食 (shú shí) literally means 'cooked food' —

熟人 (shú rén) literally combines 熟 (shú), mea

‘麻烦’ (má fan) literally combines ‘麻’ (numb

烟雾 (yān wù) literally combines 烟 (yān), mean

‘云烟’ literally combines ‘cloud’ (云) and ‘s

'Kǎo yú' literally means 'roasted fish' or 'gril

'Roasted sweet potato' is a beloved street food in

烤肉 (kǎo ròu) literally means 'roasted meat' or

烤箱 (kǎo xiāng) literally combines 烤 (kǎo), m

烤鸭 (kǎo yā) literally means 'roast duck' — th

烧烤 (shāo kǎo) literally combines 烧 (shāo, 't

‘Tóng zhōu gòng jì’ is a classical Chinese i

Jinan is the capital city of Shandong Province in

‘泼妇’ literally combines 泼 (pō), meaning 'spl

‘Pō mò’ (泼墨) literally means 'splashing ink'

‘漫游’ (mànyóu) literally combines ‘漫’ (mà

演算 means 'computation'—the process of performin

演练 (yǎn liàn) literally combines 演 (yǎn), me