china vocab by Jose Esparza Preciado https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em Made with magic and anger en-us 2016-11-14 17:21:04 UTC 2016-11-15 17:44:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ornamenttree.png Confucianism 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137462933 Confucianism is often characterized as a system of social and ethical philosophy rather than a religion. In fact, Confucianism built on an ancient religious foundation to establish the social values, institutions, and transcendent ideals of traditional Chinese society.]]> 2016-11-14 17:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137462933 Buddhism 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137463564 Buddhism /ˈBuddhism/ is a religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. Buddhism originated in India, from where it spread through much of Asia, where after it declined in India during the middle ages.]]> 2016-11-14 17:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137463564 Daoism 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137463993 Taoism (/ˈdaʊɪzəm/), also known as Dadaism, is a religious, philosophical and ritual tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (道, literally "Way", also romanized as Dao).]]> 2016-11-14 17:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137463993 Reunify 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137464461 restore political unity to (a place or group, especially a divided territory).]]> 2016-11-14 17:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137464461 Imperial 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137465281 of, relating to, or denoting the system of non metric weights and measures (the ounce, pound, stone, inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, pint, gallon, etc.) formerly used for all measures in the UK, and still used for some.]]> 2016-11-14 17:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137465281 Bureaucracy 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137465804 a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.]]> 2016-11-14 17:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137465804 Scholar-official 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137466436 Scholar-officials, also known as Scholar-gentlemen, Scholar-bureaucrats or Scholar-gentry (Chinese: 士大夫; pinyin: shì dàfū) were civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance from the Han dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912, China's last imperial dynasty.]]> 2016-11-14 17:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137466436 Woodblock printing 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137466952 Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.]]> 2016-11-14 17:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137466952 Movable type printing 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137468179 Movable type (British English 'Movable Type') is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation) usually on the medium of paper which was first invented in ancient China.]]> 2016-11-14 17:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137468179 Porcelain 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137821573 a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.]]> 2016-11-15 17:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137821573 Maritime 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137822259 connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.
"a maritime museum"
]]> 2016-11-15 17:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137822259 tribute 900028422 https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137823026 an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.]]> 2016-11-15 17:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/900028422/p8udsnkpy5em/wish/137823026