| | three / 3 | HSK 1 |
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| | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply | HSK 4 |
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| | three-dimensional / 3D | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | (neologism) the three core personal values: worldview ( 世界觀｜世界观), view of life ( 人生觀｜人生观) and value system ( 價值觀｜价值观) | |
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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 Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River | |
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| | to have three meals a day | |
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| | History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽｜陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝｜晋朝, 65 scrolls | |
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| | Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters | |
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| | there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子) | |
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| | Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三｜张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf | |
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| | two or three | |
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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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| | 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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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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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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| | three-section staff (old-style weapon) | |
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| | competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation | |
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| | three generations under one roof | |
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| | Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公｜黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略｜黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | in twos and threes | |
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| | product lacking one or more of three requirements such as production license, inspection certificate, and manufacturer's name and location | |
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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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| | the third of the three annual periods of hot weather ( 三伏), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August | |
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| | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently | |
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| | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽｜瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽｜巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽｜西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan | |
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| | the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) | |
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| | man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經｜三字经) | |
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| | the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民｜江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004 | |
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| | History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾｜金富轼 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗｜高句丽, Baekje 百濟｜百济, Silla 新羅｜新罗. | |
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| | three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元) | |
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| | three of a kind (poker) | |
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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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| | Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze | |
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| | three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能｜三项全能) | |
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| | three-body problem (mechanics) | |
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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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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳｜水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes | |
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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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| | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳｜左传) | |
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| | three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | |
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| | Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡, Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇｜三苏 and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家 | |
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| | three-shift system (work rostering) | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss | |
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| | the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August | |
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| | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52 | |
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| | shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument | |
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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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| | Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江｜黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江｜乌苏里江 | |
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| | Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章｜曹余章 | |
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| | Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan | |
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| | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation | |
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| | Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China | |
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| | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) | |
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| | the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America | |
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| | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) | |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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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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| | the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動｜古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇｜三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏｜曾巩 | |
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| | Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三｜张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry | |
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| | Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms | |
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| | lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them) | |
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| | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區｜黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡｜黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | three-dimensional space / 3D | |
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| | several / three or five | |
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| | (basketball) three-point shot | |
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| | third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) | |
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| | Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權｜孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms | |
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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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| | Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | |
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| | wealth never survives three generations (idiom) | |
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| | Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War | |
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| | nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山｜孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義｜三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism | |
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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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| | gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund | |
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| | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... | |
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| | 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元｜状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively) | |
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| | three in one / triple | |
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| | the three spring months | |
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| | three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義｜义, propriety 禮｜礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) | |
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| | Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949 | |
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| | Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲｜赵云, Ma Chao 馬超｜马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠｜黄忠 | |
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| | the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice | |
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| | three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day | |
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| | Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅｜孙诛 | |
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| | (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元｜会元 and palace 狀元｜状元 | |
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| | in groups of three or four (idiom) | |
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| | Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山｜孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s) | |
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