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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
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  *百* | 百* | *百
hundred / numerous / all kinds of
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very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
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ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
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(idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
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one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity / absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)
HSK 7-9
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
several hundred
one in a hundred / cream of the crop
a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely
hundreds / a large number / lit. by the hundreds and thousands
a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
hundred thousand
one hundred percent / totally (effective)
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法); to win every fight
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
one hundred percent / totally (effective)
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought
worth hearing a hundred times
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
myriads / hundred billion
a hundred or more
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首 / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士
hundreds of
hundred years; century / (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life
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  *伯* | 伯* | *伯
one hundred (old)
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  *石* | 石* | *石
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou ; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
hundred mark system
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
No flower can bloom for a hundred days. / Good times do not last long. (idiom)
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
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  *佰* | 佰* | *佰
hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
about a hundred / a hundred or so
(lit.) one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom) / (fig.) to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to hit the mark every time
hundreds and thousands of mountains
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
to flatter someone in a hundred different ways / assiduous fawning (idiom)
only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying) (said of persons with the same surname)
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology
Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
more than a hundred
the hundreds place (or column) in the decimal system
in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦
to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
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  *皕* | 皕* | *皕
two-hundred (rarely used) / 200
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛 (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首
not diluted by one drop / hundred percent
a hundred or so
hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
hundred-eyed monster
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done


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