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yan
/jæn/
name 5num 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
older, pointed, popular
VERB + YAN
call, called, isn't, name, neighboring, use
YAN + NOUN
cl, daxia, garments, it's, yanni, yuan
PREP.
on, out, with
Definitions
num
1
One.
num
1
One in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.
name
1
An ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty.
It is Lady Zhao who concocts a devious plan to unite the populace behind the emperor by arranging a bogus assassination attempt that will justify his invasion of the neighboring kingdom of Yan. The climactic showdown with Jing Ke (Zhang Fengyi), the fearless professional killer she recruits for the job (and with whom she falls deeply in love) takes place at an ambassadorial ceremony where he appears in disguise and presents Ying Zheng with a box containing the severed head of an enemy general and a map with a concealed sword.
The excavations, made this year ahead of development of a new administrative district for Beijing, shed light on life in a county-level city that was alive with activity several hundred years earlier than experts previously thought. Archaeological teams this year found ceramic and porcelain urns, earthen sculptures of animals, copper tools and mirrors — some of which are believed to be made by the Yan, a northern kingdom that stood for centuries before falling to the conqueror who unified China and became its first emperor in 221 B.C.
2
The realm of this land under later imperial Chinese dynasties.
3
A mountain chain in northeastern China.
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It is Lady Zhao who concocts a devious plan to unite the populace behind the emperor by arranging a bogus assassination attempt that will justify his invasion of the neighboring kingdom of Yan. The cl
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The excavations, made this year ahead of development of a new administrative district for Beijing, shed light on life in a county-level city that was alive with activity several hundred years earlier
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As Yan Yuan pointed out, "proper moral cultivation could begin from any point on the moral map, not just the mean position".
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Shame on you, Meẓyan.
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Meanwhile, Jiang Qin distracted Jiang Feng's older brother Yan Daxia.
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My name is Yanni, not Yan.
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