SHEN

Meaning of SHEN in English

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Ho shen

Shen hsi

Shen yang

Shen Yanbing

Shen Dehong

Britannica English dictionary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

SHEN — [ ʃɛn ] ■ noun ( plural same) (in Chinese thought) the spiritual element of a person's psyche. Origin from …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHEN — Pinyin Shen (Chinese: spirit), in indigenous Chinese religion, a beneficent spirit of the dead; the term is also applied to …
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SHEN — n. Ho shen Shen hsi Shen yang Shen Yanbing Shen Dehong
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHEN — (tooth), a place mentioned only in (1 Samuel 7:12) Nothing is known of it.
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SHEN — tooth; ivory; change
Bible Names English vocab
SHEN CONGWEN — /shun" tsawng"wun"/ born 1902, Chinese author. Also, Wade-Giles, Shen Ts'ung-wen /shun" tsoong"wun"/ .
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TSAO SHEN — Pinyin Zao Shen, in Chinese mythology, the god of the kitchen (god of the hearth), who is believed to report …
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TS'AI SHEN — Pinyin Cai Shen, also called (Wade-Giles romanization) Ts'ai Po Hsing Chn, the popular Chinese god (or gods) of wealth, widely …
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SHEN-YANG — formerly Mukden, Pinyin Shenyang capital of Liaoning sheng (province), China, and the largest city in the Northeast (formerly Manchuria). It …
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SHEN TSUNG — born 1048, China died 1085, China Pinyin Shen Zong (temple name, or miao-hao), personal name (hsing-ming) Chao Hs sixth emperor …
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SHEN TS'UNG-WEN — born Dec. 28, 1902, Feng-huang, Hunan province, China died May 10, 1988, Peking Pinyin Shen Congwen, original name Shen Yeh-huan, …
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SHEN NUNG — Pinyin Shen Nong (Chinese: Divine Husbandman), formally Yen Ti second of China's mythical emperors, said to have been born in …
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SHEN KUA — born 1031, Ch'ien-t'ang, China died 1095, Ching-k'ou Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and high official whose famous work Meng ch'i pi t'an …
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SHEN CHOU — born 1427, Su-chou, Kiangsu province, China died 1509 Pinyin Shen Zhou, also called Shen Shih-t'ien Chinese artist, a leading member …
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MEN SHEN — in Chinese mythology, the two door gods whose separate martial images are posted on the two halves of the double …
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HUNG SHEN — born Dec. 31, 1894, Ch'ang-chou, Kiangsu province, China died Aug. 29, 1955, Peking Pinyin Hong Shen pioneering Chinese dramatist and …
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HO-SHEN — born 1750, China died Feb. 22, 1799, Peking Pinyin Heshen infamous Chinese courtier whose influence with the aged Ch'ien-lung emperor …
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FU SHEN — Pinyin Fu Shen, a Chinese god of happiness, the deification of a 6th-century mandarin. As a generic title, the name …
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MEN-SHEN — [Chinese] The two gods in syncretistic Chinese folk religion who guard the double doorway of a domestic dwelling or public …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
MAO DUN — or Mao Tun orig. Shen Dehong or Shen Yanbing born July 4, 1896, Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, China died March 27, …
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SIENKIEWICZ — /shen kye"vich/ ; Eng. /shen kyay"vich/ , n. Henryk /hen"rddik/ , 1846-1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
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GINSENG — /jin"seng/ , n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Panax, esp. P. pseudoginseng, of eastern Asia, or P. …
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DECRESCENDO — /dee'kri shen"doh, day'-/ ; It. /de'krdde shen"daw/ , adj., adv., n., pl. decrescendos , It. decrescendi /dee/ . Music. adj. …
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CRESCENDO — /kri shen"doh, -sen"doh/ ; It. /krdde shen"daw/ , n. , pl. crescendos, crescendi /-dee/ , adj., adv., v. n. 1. …
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CONOSCENTI — /koh'neuh shen"tee, kon'euh-/ ; It. /kaw'naw shen"tee/ , n.pl., sing. conoscente /-tee/ ; It. /-te/ . cognoscenti. [ 1760-70 ]
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CALLIGRAPHY — writing as an art. The term derives from the Greek words for good or beautiful and for writing or drawing …
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WHITE LOTUS REBELLION — (17961804), large-scale uprising in the mountainous regions of central China that contributed to the decline of the Ch'ing dynasty. The …
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MAO DUN — born 1896, Ch'ing-chen, Chekiang province, China died March 27, 1981, Peking Wade-Giles romanization Mao Tun, pseudonym of Shen Yen-ping, original …
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LIAONING — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Liao-ning, (Pinyin) Liaoning, sheng (province) of the Northeast region of China (formerly called Manchuria). With an area of …
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CHIA-CH'ING — born Nov. 13, 1760, Peking died Sept. 2, 1820, Jehol [now Ch'eng-te], Hopeh province, China Pinyin Jiaqing (reign title), personal …
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CHINESE MYTHOLOGY — All the articles available in the Chinese mythology section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Ba; Ba Xian; Bixia Yuanjin; Cai-shen; Cao …
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