Chinese 1 definitions

# Definition Sets
1 中文 2 sets
2 zheng he (see explorers quizlet set) 2 sets
3 chinees 1 set
4 before buddhism, no cenobitics (technical name for monks living together as opposed to hermits and renmouth (living in twos and threes))in china living in same-sex communities devoted to religious pursuits, convicts had shaved heads poor wore tattered robes 1 set
5 chinese 1 set
6 中国的国庆节 1 set
7 becoming self-reliant and developing the social skills needed to become successful, contributing members of the family and society 1 set
8 zhōng wén 1 set
9 -beginning-egg contained universe, dark-no moon or sun, chaos -gods-pangu-broke world egg-nagua-dragon tail -earth-light=yang=heavens-heavy=yin=earth. pangu held heaven till fell asleep and died. body become earth -people-nugua- wet clay-little people. breathed life into them. men=yang. women=yin. faster-rope with wet clay & shook -punishments-moster gong gong was mad b/c people were settling in. smashed into mtn and tore hole in heaven. earth cracked=ocean. -golden age-nugua-stuffed ashes into burning cracks. forced floods to go underground. melted stones to cover holes in heaven. 4 legs of turtoise for pillars. no pillar in northeast corner (matriarchal) 1 set
10 1 set
11 gunpowder 1 set
12 春节 1 set
13 cti zhong tian 1 set
14 barred chinese immigrations for 10 years and prevented the chinese already in the country from becoming citizens 1 set
15 ee 1 set
16 slumming to bring in money (sold tobacco as opium) 1 set
17 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of chinese laborers 1- result of nativism, white americans superior to newcomers 2- chinese afraid to visit their families because they may not be let back in 3- court said chinese born in america were u.s. citizens but immigration officials ignored that rule. 1 set
18 hàn yǚ 1 set