秦

秦桧

qín huì

Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]

秦始皇陵

qín shǐ huáng líng

the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)

先秦

xiān qín

pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC

前秦

qián qín

Former Qin (351–395), a dynastic state of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period

大秦

dà qín

Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國|罗马帝国[Luo2 ma3 Di4 guo2]

后秦

hòu qín

Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)

朝秦暮楚

zhāo qín mù chǔ

serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides

秦代

qín dài

Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China

秦吉了

qín jí liǎo

mythical talking bird

秦城监狱

qín chéng jiān yù

Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption

秦始皇

qín shǐ huáng

Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor

秦始皇帝

qín shǐ huáng dì

the First Emperor 259-210 BC