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| | a (large) bell (CL: 架) / clock (CL: 座) / amount of time; o'clock (CL: 點｜点, 分, 秒) (as in 三點鐘｜三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘｜五分钟 "five minutes" etc) | HSK 3 |
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| | a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: 支, 把 | HSK 4 |
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| | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply | HSK 4 |
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| | gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | three-dimensional / 3D | HSK 7-9 |
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| | three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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| | role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale | |
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| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains | |
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| | the three spring months | |
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| | a thorny tree / sugarcane / Cudrania triloba / three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) / Chinese mulberry (Cudrania) | |
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| | three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿｜司马懿 and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof | |
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| | several / three or five | |
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| | Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓｜稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅｜广雅 and several lost works | |
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| | toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon | |
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| | Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries | |
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| | Earthly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 | |
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| | Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 | |
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| | Sha Wujing, aka Friar Sand or Sandy, one of the three disciples of the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West" 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓｜邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗｜吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution | |
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| | short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國｜三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢｜蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province | |
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| | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 | |
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| | Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅｜新罗 in 658 | |
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| | (TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao" | |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes | |
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| | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
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| | (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland | |
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| | Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權｜孙权 | |
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| | three-dimensional photo | |
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| | three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿｜参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福, 祿｜禄, and 壽｜寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿｜参宿 Chinese constellation | |
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| | three-year college / junior college / professional training college | |
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| | Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡｜苏绣, 湘繡｜湘绣 and 粵繡｜粤绣) | |
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| | lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them) | |
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| | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... | |
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| | BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍｜胸围, waist 腰圍｜腰围 and hip 臀圍｜臀围 | |
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| | the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism) | |
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| | surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221–265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history | |
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| | three (colloquial equivalent of 三個｜三个) | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han | |
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| | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order) | |
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| | in groups of three or four (idiom) | |
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| | Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話｜评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆 | |
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| | Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥｜崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓｜岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣｜滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes | |
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| | (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line | |
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| | T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links | |
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| | Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 | |
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| | three (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | to wash / to rinse / any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty) / Taiwan pr. [huan3] / also pr. [wan3] | |
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| | the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省｜辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省｜黑龙江省 | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory | |
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| | the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人, Fuxi 伏羲 and Shennong 神農｜神农, or 天皇, 地皇 and 人皇 | |
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| | Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms | |
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| | Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义) | |
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| | (old) the Big Dipper / (old) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper | |
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| | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | |
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| | (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper | |
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| | Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡｜苏绣, 粵繡｜粤绣 and 蜀繡｜蜀绣) | |
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| | three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬 | |
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| | three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old) | |
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| | Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布｜吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era | |
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| | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force | |
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| | lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts | |
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| | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation | |
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| | two or three | |
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| | three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水｜废水, exhaust gas 廢氣｜废气, industrial slag 廢渣｜废渣 | |
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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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| | "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund | |
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| | Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges | |
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| | three sovereigns 三皇 and five emperors 五帝 of myth and legend / the earliest system of Chinese historiography | |
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| | (Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife ( 房子, 車子｜车子 and 妻子) / (archaic) cautious / cowardly | |
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| | military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜｜六韬 and Three Strategies 三略 | |
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| | Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality | |
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| | Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun | |
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| | (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc) | |
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| | lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (proverb, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义) / fig. things are constantly changing | |
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| | lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability | |
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| | lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly / over and over again | |
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| | lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows / a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times | |
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| | Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms | |
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| | three-shift system (work rostering) | |
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| | vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine | |
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| | lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals | |
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| | ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs | |
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| | reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator | |
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| | Three Treatise School (Buddhism) | |
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| | Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家 | |
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| | the first of the three annual periods of hot weather ( 三伏), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days | |
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